The Brand Name IGANTET PFS Has Generic Salt :: Tetanus 

IGANTET PFS  Is From Company GRIFOLS Priced :: Rs. N.I./N.I.

IGANTET PFS have Tetanus is comes under Sub class #N/A of  Main Class #N/A

Main Medicine Class:: #N/A  Sub Medicine Class :: #N/A 

Indications for Drugs ::

Passive immunisation against Tetanus

Drug Dose ::

Adults and children 7 years and older: 250 units(1 ml) should be given by deep intramuscular injection . At the same time, but in a different extremity and with a separate syringe, active immunization with adsorved tetanus vaccine should be administered. Children less than 7 years old: In small children the routine prophylactic dose may be calculated by the body weight (4.0 units/kg).

Contraindication ::

Hypersensitivity homologous Ig-containing medicinal products particularly in patients w/ IgA deficiency & concurrent presence of Ab to IgA.

Drug Precautions ::

Intravenous injection of immunoglobulin intended for intramuscular use can, on occasion, cause a precipitous fall in blood pressure, and a picture not unlike anaphylaxis. Injections should only be made intramuscularly and care should be taken to draw back on the plunger of the syringe before injection in order to be certain that the needle is not in a blood vessel. Intramuscular injections are preferably administered in the deltoid muscle of the upper arm or lateral thigh muscle. The gluteal region should not be used as an injection site because of the risk of injury to the sciatic nerve. Chemoprophylaxis against tetanus is neither practical nor useful in managing wounds. Wound cleaning, debridement when indicated, and proper immunization are important. The need for tetanus toxoid (active immunization), with or without TIG (passive immunization), depends on both the condition of the wound and the patient’s vaccination history. Rarely has tetanus occurred among persons with documentation of having received a primary series of toxoid injections.

Drug Side Effects ::

Slight soreness at the site of injection and slight temperature elevation may be noted at times. Sensitization to repeated injections of human immunoglobulin is extremely rare. In the course of routine injections of large numbers of persons with immunoglobulin there have been a few isolated occurrences of angioneurotic edema, nephrotic syndrome, and anaphylactic shock after injection.

Pregnancy category ::

3

Drug Mode of Action ::  

Tetanus immunoglobulin is used for passive immunisation against tetanus.

Drug Interactions ::

May reduce the efficacy of live vaccines.