Reporting Adverse Reactions to Vaccines

[Ponyboy]

Just wondering if anyone's child(ren) have had an adverse reaction to a vaccination and whether they reported it or not?

And is anyone really clear on just what is classified as an adverse reaction?? My thoughts (I'm a non-vaxer) would be any reaction should be reported. But that's JMO.

http://www.tga.gov.au/problem/index.htm#medicines

[sam's mum]

I had a look at what they are asking you to report, and my kids have never had any of those problems. The only reactions that they have had are ones that were expected and listed as possible reactions. I would therefore not report this.

[1+1=5]

i wonder how many unreported cases there are every year....

[angcaltam]

When my DS1 had his needle for the Measles he came out in this worrying rash, we rang the number and were told that it is a normal side affect to that injection. Which we weren't told. It was the Measles but wasn't contagious.:banghead: :banghead:

So we report anything that we think is a reaction.:yes: :yes:

[sam's mum]

In Queensland you get given a booklet called - parent advice on common reactions following immunisations - everytime they get immunised. They mark in it which needles they got and where. It is a shame that other states don't have this available for the parents to refer to. For the measles one it has the rash listed as well as a few other things.

[stellarella]

I notice on the "what to report" part of the vaccine info it only says to report a reaction if it happens within 2 days of receiving vaccination. Seems they wipe their hands of any responsibilty after that......hmmmmm. therefore so called "staistics" on adverse reactions dont provide much comfort for me, as they are not telling the whole story IMO.

[sam's mum]

Adverse drug reactions: what to report
You do not need to be certain, just suspicious!
Any information related to the reporter and patient identifiers is kept strictly confidential.

Adverse drug reaction reports should be submitted for the following medicines:

Prescription medicines (including vaccines)
Over-the-counter medicines (medicines purchased without a prescription)
Complementary medicines (herbal medicines, naturopathic and/or homoeopathic medicines, and nutritional supplements such as vitamins and minerals).
ADRAC particularly requests reports of:

All suspected reactions to new medicines
All suspected reactions to Drugs of Current Interest listed in the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin [http://www.tga.gov.au/adr/aadrb.htm]
All suspected drug interactions
Unexpected reactions, ie not consistent with product information or labelling
Serious reactions which are suspected of significantly affecting a patient's management, including reactions suspected of causing:
death
danger to life
admission to hospital
prolongation of hospitalisation
absence from productive activity
increased investigational or treatment costs
birth defects

Stellarella, this is the what to report for adverse reactions, I can't find the two day bit... Have I gone to the wrong link??

[stellarella]

Yes, i am talking about the information given out for each specific vaccine on an information sheet that comes with the vax dose. i have located every info sheet for every vaccine and am referring to those. if you google the names of any vaccines you can find them

infanrix
prevenar
pedvax etc etc

[angcaltam]

In Queensland you get given a booklet called - parent advice on common reactions following immunisations - everytime they get immunised. They mark in it which needles they got and where. It is a shame that other states don't have this available for the parents to refer to. For the measles one it has the rash listed as well as a few other things.

They were meant to warn us and give us info but the lady that done it didn't.:banghead: :banghead: Since then we have been taking our kids to our GP because it is bulk billed but we didn't know about it before hand.

[sam's mum]

Yes, i am talking about the information given out for each specific vaccine on an information sheet that comes with the vax dose.

I guess I was too quick to credit Queensland with being good for giving out the information sheets. In Pine Rivers shire our information sheet gives details about people to contact if you want advice on reactions, but there is no mention of a two day limit. Every council must do their own information sheets.

The link that Sharon gave originally is a federal site though, and they certainly don't have any limitations for notification. In one section they are actually complaining that they don't end up with enough data because people aren't reporting the reactions! So they want more of us reporting these reactions.

[Ponyboy]

Yes, i am talking about the information given out for each specific vaccine on an information sheet that comes with the vax dose. i have located every info sheet for every vaccine and am referring to those. if you google the names of any vaccines you can find them

infanrix
prevenar
pedvax etc etc

Is that the same information sheets that Gp's are supposed to provide you before vaccinating your child? Or is it the information sheet made up by the makers of the vaccine??

I've read in some articles that the information sheets do not give details on the contents of the vaccination (i.e. what it is made of) and was wondering if those you found on Google give contents as well as general information?

Would you mind sharing some of the links you've found? :)

[Duchessa]

Package Inserts...

Chicken pox (varivax)

http://www.nps.org.au/cmi_pdf/cscvariv11005.pdf#search=%22vaccine%20ingredients% 22