Influenza Vaccine Products by Excipient
List of less-known ingredients found in flu vaccine products to help determine potential allergens.
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| Excipient | Vaccine | Excipient | Vaccine | |
| Albumin, egg | Fluarix FluLaval |
Octoxynol-10 | Fluarix | |
| Arginine | FluMist | Phosphate buffers (e.g., disodium monosodium, potassium, sodium dihydrogenphosphate) | Afluria Fluarix FluMist Fluzone Fluvirin FluLaval |
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| Beta-propiolactone | Fluvirin Afluria |
Polymyxin B | Afluria Fluvirin |
|
| Calcium chloride | Afluria | Polyoxyethylene9-10 nonyl phenol | Fluvirin | |
| Egg Protein | Fluzone FluMist Fluvirin Fluarix Afluria FluLaval |
Polysorbate 80 | Fluarix | |
| Formaldehyde | Fluzone Fluarix Flulaval |
Potassium chloride | Afluria | |
| Gelatin | Fluzone (not in FluZone High Dose) FluMist |
Sodium chloride | Afluria Fluarix Fluzone |
|
| Gentamicin | Fluarix |
Sodium deoxycholate | Afluria Fluarix FluLaval |
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| Hydrocortisone | Fluarix | Sucrose | FluMist Fluzone |
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| Latex | Fluarix in syringe presentation FluVirin in syringe presentation |
Thimerosal | Afluria - only in multi-dose vials Fluzone - only in multi-dose vials Fluvirin - only in multi-dose vials; trace in single dose vials FluLaval |
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| Monosodium glutamate | FluMist | Tocopheryl hydrogen succinate | Fluarix | |
| Neomycin | Afluria Fluvirin |
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Sources:
Respective manufacturer package inserts for licensed 2012-2013 influenza product.
Grabenstein, John D. Immunofacts: Vaccines and Immunologic Drugs. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2012.
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