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Can combination vaccines, such as PEDIARIX, overload my patients immune systems?

April 26, 2017combination Overload Patients pediarix SYSTEMS vaccines

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Can combination vaccines, such as PEDIARIX, overload my patients immune systems?

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No. Immunologists have estimated that the immune system is capable of responding to millions of antigens. And with vaccines, the immune system responds to significantly fewer antigens than with natural infection. Some vaccines, such as hepatitis B and Hib, contain only 1 antigen.