Question

I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Zoster Vaccine Live? Is Zoster Vaccine Live safe for nursing mother and child? Does Zoster Vaccine Live extracts into breast milk? Does Zoster Vaccine Live has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Zoster Vaccine Live influence milk supply or can Zoster Vaccine Live decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

Answer by DrLact: About Zoster Vaccine Live usage in lactation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the several health professional organizations state that vaccines given to a nursing mother do not affect the safety of breastfeeding for mothers or infants and that breastfeeding is not a contraindication to Herpes zoster vaccine in the breastfeeding mother.[1][2][3][4] It is unlikely that women in the target population of over 60 years of age would be nursing an infant.

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Rotavirus Vaccines
Hepatitis A Vaccine
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Haemophilus Vaccines
Zoster Vaccine Live
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Yellow Fever Vaccine
Cholera Vaccine
Varicella Vaccine
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Typhoid Vaccine
Anthrax Vaccine
Smallpox Vaccine
Rubella Vaccine
Rabies Vaccine
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