Vaccine Ingredients Chart, Ashland Child Supporting The Immunization Conversation

Many vaccines for the flu and other viral infections contain similar ingredients.

Vaccine of corona update news. In addition to weakened or killed disease antigens viruses or bacteria vaccines contain very small amounts of other. But here too we need to get smarter and in this case youd think wed be inured. Preservatives to prevent contamination.

Vaccine ingredients can look unfamiliar. The food and drug administration fda looks at the results of these tests to decide whether to license the vaccine for use in the united states. For example many vaccines contain salts based on sodium and potassium see the section on acidity regulators which are essential for life.

Thimerosal only in multi dose vials of flu vaccineto prevent contamination. The purpose of each ingredient is either to make the vaccine effective or ensure that it is safe. Please consider supporting this work with a one time or monthly donationthank you.

Learn more about vaccine safety. However it is important to remember that many of the substances used in vaccines are found naturally in the body. Some excipients are added to a vaccine for a specific purpose.

Linking to a non federal website does not constitute an endorsement by cdc or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website. Also listed are substances used in the manufacturing process. Vaccine guide is a free resource and ongoing project which is continually updated.

The side effects listed in vaccine package inserts make for even scarier reading than the ingredients list. We have listed vaccine ingredients substances that appear in the final vaccine product process ingredients substances used to create the vaccine that may or may not appear in the final vaccine product and growth mediums the substances vaccines are grown in for vaccines approved by the food drug administration fda and commonly recommended by the centers for disease control cdc. Todays vaccines use only the ingredients they need to be safe and effective.

Type of ingredient examples purpose most common source found preservatives. Donate 5 month. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website.

This list of vaccine ingredients indicates the culture media used in the production of common vaccines and the excipients they contain as published by the united states centers for disease control and prevention and food and drug administrationvaccine ingredients and production in other nations are substantially the same. Vaccine excipient summary excipients included in us.