M-M-R II, Live (measles, mumps, rubella)
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Vaccination against measle, mumps, rubella in people 12-months old or older
Merck & Co., Inc. June 2014
Excerpts from product insert below
Ingredients:
-amino acids
-Attenuvax: measles virus vaccine, Live derived from Enders attenuated Edomonston strain
-buffer & media ingredients
-chick embryo cell cultures
-fetal bovine serum
-human albumin, genectically-engineered
-glutamate
-hydrolyzed gelatin
-Meruvax II: rubella virus vaccine Live, Wistar RA 27/3 strain of Live rubella virus
-Mumpsvax: mumps virus vaccine Live-Jerrl Lynn (B level)
-neomycin
-phosphate
-sodium chloride (NaCl/table salt)
-sodium phosphate
-sorbitol
-sucrose
-vitamins
-WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts
Cancer, etc. evaluation
“M-M-R II has not been evaluated for carcinogenic, or mutagenic, potential to impair fertility.”
“Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with M-M-R II.”
“It is also not known whether M-M-R II can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity.”
“….transmission of the rubella vaccine virus to infants via breast milk has been documented.”
Adverse Reactions M-M-R II Live
anaphylactoid reactions
anaphylaxis
arthralgia
arthritis, rarely chronic, usually transient
ataxia
bronchial spasms
conjunctivitis
convulsions, afebrile, febrile
cough
death reported rarely; a causal relationship not been established in healthy people
diabetes mellitus
diarrhea
dizziness
ear nerve deafness
edema: angioneurotic, facial, peripheral
encephalitis, body (MIBE)
encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
encephalopathy
epididymitis
erythema multiforme
fever
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
headache
injection site: burning/stinging, induration, redness (erythema), swelling, tenderness, vesiculation, wheal and flare
irritability
joint symptoms: chronic rarely; reactions uncommon and generally brief
leukocytosis
lymphadenopathy, regional
malaise
measles, atypical, measles-like rash
measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE)
meningitis, aseptic
Myalgia
myelitis, transverse
nausea
nerve deafness
neuritis, retrobulbar
ocular palsies
orchitis
otis media
optic neuritis
pancreatitis
oanniculitis
papillitis
paresthesia
parotitis
pneumonia
pneumonitis
polyneuritis
polyneuropathy
pruritis
purpura
rash
retintis
rhinitis
seizures
sore throat
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
syncope
thrombocytopenia
urticaria
vasculitis
vomiting