the CDC for adults 65+
As you age, your risk of getting pneumococcal pneumonia increases. It’s a serious disease that
could put you in the hospital. Symptoms include coughing, fever, chest pain, and difficulty
breathing. If you are 50 or older, one dose of the PREVNAR 13® vaccine can help protect you.
Even if you’ve already been vaccinated with another pneumonia vaccine, PREVNAR 13® may
help provide additional protection. Immune response may be lower if given within one year after
another pneumonia vaccine. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if PREVNAR 13® is right for you.
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• In adults, immune responses to Prevnar 13® were reduced
when given with injected seasonal flu vaccine
• In adults, the common side effects were pain, redness, or swelling
at the injection site, limitation of arm movement, fatigue, headache,
muscle pain, joint pain, decreased appetite, chills, or rash
• Ask your health care provider about the risks and benefits
of Prevnar 13®. Only a health care provider can decide if
Prevnar 13® is right for you
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of vaccines
to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Visit www.vaers.hhs.gov
or call 1-800-822-7967.
Please see Important Facts for Prevnar 13 ® on the adjacent page.
INDICATION FOR PREVNAR 13®
• Prevnar 13® is a vaccine approved for adults 50 years of age
and older for the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia and
invasive disease caused by 13 Streptococcus pneumoniae
strains ( 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F)
• Prevnar 13® is not 100% effective and will only help protect
against the 13 strains included in the vaccine
IMPORTANT SAFET Y INFORMATION
• Prevnar 13® should not be given to anyone with a history of
severe allergic reaction to any component of Prevnar 13® or
any diphtheria toxoid–containing vaccine
• Adults with weakened immune systems (eg, HIV infection,
leukemia) may have a reduced immune response
WHAT IF ONE STRAWBERRY
PREVENT HEART DISEASE?
Wishful thinking, right?
But there is one step that can help
protect you from another serious
disease, pneumococcal pneumonia.
The PREVNAR 13® vaccine.