CORTICOSTEROIDS AND VACCINES
Patients who are immunised with live vaccines while receiving immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids may develop generalised, possibly life-threatening, infections.
It has been recommended that live vaccination should be postponed for at least 3 months after high-dose corticosteroids are stopped. Adult patients taking the equivalent of 40 mg of prednisolone daily for more than one week would generally be considered to be immunosuppressed.
It has been recommended that live vaccination should be postponed for at least 3 months after high-dose corticosteroids are stopped. Adult patients taking the equivalent of 40 mg of prednisolone daily for more than one week would generally be considered to be immunosuppressed.