Can I have vaccinations while on Enbrel (etanercept)?

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Arthritis Research Campaign

" Drugs for Arthritis: Etanercept "

http://www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/infosheets/6259/6259.htm

" Can I have vaccinations while on etanercept?

It is recommended that you should not be immunised using any of the

'live' vaccines such as polio, rubella (German measles) and yellow

fever.

An 'inactivated' polio vaccine can be given instead of the 'live' polio

vaccine, and the 'inactivated' version should also be given to people

you are in close contact with, such as members of your household.

If you are on etanercept you should avoid contact with children or

adults who have been given the 'live' polio vaccine, for 4-6 weeks after

vaccination.

Yearly flu vaccines and pneumovax are safe and recommended. "

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Mayo Clinic in Rochester

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