A single dose of PREVNAR 13®
can help protect you.
As you age, you take extra steps, like eating right and exercising, to help prevent disease. But even if you take good care of yourself, if you’re 65 or older, take one more step. Help protect yourself against pneumococcal pneumonia with PREVNAR 13®.
The CDC recommends that adults 65 or older receive the PREVNAR 13® vaccine to help protect against pneumococcal disease.
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You can help protect yourself with PREVNAR 13® any time of the year.
PREVNAR 13® is given by a doctor,
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Because PREVNAR 13® is given by injection, some of the most common side effects reported in clinical trials were injection-site reactions: redness, swelling, pain at the injection site, and limitation of arm movement.
Other side effects include:
PREVNAR 13® should not be given to anyone with a severe allergic reaction to any component of PREVNAR 13® or any diphtheria toxoid–containing vaccine. Adults with weakened immune systems (eg HIV infection, leukemia) may have a reduced immune response.
Patients should always ask their doctors for medical advice about adverse events. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of vaccines to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Visit http://www.vaers.hhs.gov or call 1-800-822-79671-800-822-7967.
Because PREVNAR 13® is given by injection, some of the most common side effects reported in clinical trials were injection-site reactions: redness, swelling, pain at the injection site, and limitation of arm movement.
Other side effects include:
PREVNAR 13® should not be given to anyone with a severe allergic reaction to any component of PREVNAR 13® or any diphtheria toxoid–containing vaccine. Adults with weakened immune systems (eg HIV infection, leukemia) may have a reduced immune response.
Patients should always ask their doctors for medical advice about adverse events. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of vaccines to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Visit http://www.vaers.hhs.gov or call
Patients should always ask their doctors for medical advice about adverse events. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of vaccines to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Visit
http://www.vaers.hhs.gov or call 1-800-822-7967
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Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a common bacteria. Many people dismiss pneumonia as an illness that only the elderly or sick people get in the hospital. That’s not always true. Pneumococcal pneumonia can strike anywhere, anytime. Even if you’re as young as 65 and take good care of yourself, you still may be at increased risk.
Pneumococcal pneumonia is not a cold or the flu. It is a bacterial lung disease, while the flu and cold are caused by viruses. Symptoms can come on quickly and can include cough, fatigue, high fever, shaking chills, and chest pain with difficulty breathing.
