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Pharmacy Hot Topics
7/14/2010: Prophylactic Use of Acetaminophen in Children Following Immunizations
Staci Kurmel
Feik School of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Renee Bellanger
Feik School of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Topics Discussed: acetaminophen; antibody formation; antipyretic therapy; febrile seizures; fever; immunization; immunization, childhood; pediatric pharmacotherapy; vaccination; vaccination adverse event; vaccines, toxoids, and other immunobiologics.
Excerpt:
"The use of antipyretics in conjunction with childhood immunizations may be excessive. Currently, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommend the prophylactic use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen following immunizations in children with an increased risk of febrile seizures.1 It is generally accepted that physicians recommend the use of antipyretics before childhood immunizations to prevent adverse reactions of localized pain or increased body temperature...."
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