Chickenpox

Trade name: Varivax®

Generic names: Varicella Virus Vaccine Live

Indication and Usage: For active immunization for the prevention of varicella (chickenpox) in individuals 12 months of age and older.

Ingredients: Oka/Merck strain of live, attenuatedvaricella virus. The virus was initially obtained from a child with wild-type varicella, then introduced into human embryonic lung cell cultures, adapted to and propagated in embryonic guinea pig cell cultures and finally propagated in human diploid cell cultures (WI-38). Further passage of the virus for varicella vaccine was performed at Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) in human diploid cell cultures (MRC-5) that were free of adventitious agents. This live, attenuated varicella vaccine is a lyophilized preparation containing sucrose, phosphate, glutamate, and processed gelatin as stabilizers.

Each approximately 0.5 mL dose also contains approximately 24 mg of sucrose, 12.0 mg hydrolyzed
gelatin, 3.1 mg of sodium chloride, 0.5 mg of monosodium L-glutamate, 0.44 mg of sodium phosphate dibasic, 0.08 mg of potassium phosphate monobasic, and 0.08 mg of potassium chloride. The product also contains residual components of MRC-5 cells including DNA and protein and trace quantities of sodium phosphate monobasic, EDTA, neomycin and fetal bovine serum. The product contains no preservative.

Manufacturer-listed adverse reactions | Chickenpox vaccine can cause: Anaphylaxis/anaphylactic shock, Angioneurotic edema, Facial edema, Peripheral edema, Necrotizing retinitis (in immunocompromised individuals), Aplastic anemia, Thrombocytopenia (including idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)), Varicella (vaccine strain), Encephalitis, Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke), Transverse myelitis, Impetigo, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Bell’s palsy, Ataxia, Non-febrile seizures, Aseptic meningitis, Meningitis, Dizziness, Paresthesia, Pharyngitis, Pneumonia/pneumonitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Erythema multiforme, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Cellulitis, Herpes zoster (shingles)

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