Combigel Uses

• Combigel indications
• Uses of Combigel in details
• Combigel description
• Combigel dosage
• Combigel interactions
• Combigel side effects
• Combigel contraindications

Combigel indications

Combigel is a vaccine which helps prevent hepatitis A and typhoid

fever. Hepatitis A is an infectious illness of the liver caused by a virus.

Typhoid fever is an infectious illness caused by a type of bacteria called

Salmonella typhi.

This vaccine should only be given to adults and teenagers aged 15

years and above.

Uses of Combigel in details

Aluminum hydroxide either alone or in combination with some other drugs is used to treat heartburn, upset or sour stomach, peptic ulcer and related pain, gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD). It is also used in patients with kidney problems to reduce phosphate levels.

Combigel description

A metallic element that has the atomic number 13, atomic symbol Al, and atomic weight 26.98. [PubChem]

Combigel dosage

Oral

As an antacid

Adult: Up to 1 g daily.

Oral

Hyperphosphataemia in patients with chronic renal failure

Adult: Dose is adjusted to the individual patient's requirement. Up to 10 g/day may be given in divided doses with meals.

Max

Dosage: 10 g daily in divided doses.

Combigel interactions

Using other medicines and vaccines

Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently

taken any other medicines including medicines obtained without

prescription. Combigel can be given at the same time as most other

routine vaccines. The doctor will ensure that the vaccines are injected

separately and into different parts of the body. Combigel must not be

mixed with other vaccines in the same syringe.

In particular talk to your doctor if:

• you are to be given ‘yellow fever vaccine

Combigel side effects

Allergic reactions (these may occur with up to 1 in 10,000 doses of

the vaccine)

If you have an allergic reaction, see your doctor straight away. The

signs may include:

• your face swelling

• low blood pressure

• difficulty breathing

• your skin going blue

• loss of consciousness.

These signs usually start very soon after the injection has been given to

you. See a doctor straight away if they happen after leaving the clinic.

Other side effects include:

Very Common (these may occur with 1 in 10 doses or more of the

vaccine)

• pain and redness at the injection site

Common (these may occur with up to 1 in 10 doses of the vaccine)

• swelling at the injection site

• feeling generally unwell

• headache

• general aches

• a high temperature (fever)

• feeling sick

• itching.

Very Rare (these may occur with up to 1 in 10,000 doses of the vaccine)

• fainting

• skin rashes

• fits (convulsions)

• joint or muscle pains

• problems with your nerves, signs may include: pins and needles,

loss of feeling or numbness, problems moving your arms and legs or

difficulty with walking and moving about.

Combigel contraindications

Combigel should not be given if:

• you are allergic (hypersensitive) to Combigel or any of the

ingredients (listed in Section 6)

• you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any other hepatitis A injection or

any other typhoid injection

• you are allergic to neomycin, an antibiotic used to treat skin infections

• you have a high temperature (fever).

Combigel should not be given if any of the above applies to you. If you

are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before having Combigel.

Active ingredient matches for Combigel:

Aluminium Hydroxide in Taiwan.

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