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Mom of a 8 yr 8 m old girl8 years ago

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first I put 1st dose in govt hospital... then I preferred private... they put pentaxim...3rd dose they put hexaxim...since there s no stock in pentaxim...am worried...is it OK?

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Mannat GMom of a 9 yr 2 m old girl8 years ago

A. Pentaxim covers Diptheria, Whooping cough (by acellular component, which adds to cost but has less pain, fever for the infant), Tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type b and IPV (injectable polio vaccine). Hexaxim(®) (DTaP-IPV-Hep B-Hib) contains diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, recombinant hepatitis B virus surface antigen, and Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide (polyribosylribitol phosphate). So hexaxim is a 6 in 1 and pentaxim is a 5 in 1 injection. Hexaxim additionally contains a hep b vaccination that pentaxim doesn't have

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