Before undergoing the vaccination of AstraZeneca you have to assume paracetamol. This is the indication given in Spain from the Ministry of Health. Since in people who have taken the serum developed fromOxford University in collaboration with the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company, it was decided to recommend taking this drug to avoid the mild side effects that can occur after the injection. Pain, fever and headache are some of the discomforts that have in fact been encountered. The advice of the Spanish Ministry of Health appeared on Friday 26 February in an official note.
In the document, among the indications there is also that relating to the quantity of doses of paracetamol to be taken and it is also specified when. Experts in Spain suggest taking a gram of acetaminophen before vaccination and one gram every six hours in the first 24 hours. In this way pain, fever, chills, headache and all post vaccination discomfort are significantly reduced.
VACCINE ASTRAZENECA, THE RECOMMENDATION IN SPAIN
In the document in question the Ministry of Health Spanish clarifies that the assumption of the paracetamol before and after the vaccination with AstraZeneca non «affects the immune response“. Indications that have not been disseminated in Italy, but that the Ministry of Health in Spain deemed them necessary because they were observed “mild reactions local and systemic reactions»After the injection, even if they are mild and easily resolved effects. There are no indications, however, regarding the Pfizer vaccine The Modern, also because there is not enough data available. In Spain, however, in these days there is discussion on the possibility of making the anti Covid vaccine mandatory or not. The Spanish Society of Immunology believes that there is no reason at the moment to impose the obligation, after all the latest polls show that over 80% of the Spanish population is in favor of the vaccine, a percentage sufficient to obtain herd immunity in Spain.
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