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Imovax Rabies Vaccine is used to prevent rabies in people who have been bitten by an animal or otherwise exposed to the rabies virus. It is an immunization. Common side effects include pain, swelling, itching, or redness at the injection site, headache, dizziness, muscle pain, nausea, or stomach pain.

The usual dose of Imovax for pre-exposure vaccination is six intramuscular injections, or 5 doses of Imovax plus one injection of Rabies Immune Globulin (RIG). Post-exposure vaccination is 2 injections in a person who has had the pre-exposure vaccinations. Post-exposure in a non-vaccinated person is the same as the pre-exposure regimen. Imovax may interact with chemotherapy or radiation cancer treatments, cyclosporine, sirolimus, tacrolimus, basiliximab, efalizumab, muromonab-CD3, mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine, leflunomide, etanercept, or steroids. Tell your doctor all medications and supplements you are taking. Imovax should be given during pregnancy only if prescribed. It is not known whether this vaccine is harmful to a fetus. It is not known whether Imovax rabies vaccine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.

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