Corticosteroids And Chloroquine Can Interfere With Covaxin

Following immunization with vaccine Covishield, mild adverse effects like fatigue, pain in muscle, headache, injection site tenderness, weakness, fever, chills, joint pain, and nausea were seen. The Health Ministry has said that paracetamol can be given in case of adverse reactions. Very rare cases of demyelinating were seen.

After immunization with Covaxin, the use of chloroquine and corticosteroids can impair the antibody response. Additionally, some mild adverse effects following immunization were headache, fatigue, fever, injection site reaction, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, tremor, sweating, cough, cold, giddiness-dizziness and injection site sweating may occur.

Both of these vaccines are not recommended for those younger than 18 years, during pregnancy, and lactating mothers.

The duration of separation between COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines can be 14 days. The vaccine has to be taken twice and interchanging of the vaccine is not permitted.

The short term contraindications are active COVID-19 infection, hospitalization due to any illness, and infected persons who have been given plasma and those acutely unwell.

Patients with chronic disease like renal, metabolic, pulmonary, cardia, malignancies, and neurological are not contraindicated.

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This advisory has been issued to the states by the Health Ministry as the vaccination starts from January 16 and the states have received the vaccine doses.

Source-Medindia