Tyelnol no help with vaccine reactions

Vaccine reactions, such as fever and soreness at the injection site, are so frequent that most doctors call them "normal." Nurses advise Tyelnol to help, and sometimes even suggest giving the medication before the vaccine.

However, a new study confirms that Tyelnol does not help to prevent reactions:

Conclusion: Use of prophylactic acetaminophen and ibuprofen may reduce the incidence of adverse reactions in young infants receiving DTwP (whole cell) vaccine; however, DTwP has been replaced with DTaP. No no benefits have been demonstrated for this vaccine when evaluated in children aged 4-6 years, or with any other vaccine currently in use. Thus, neither drug can be recommended prophylactically to prevent vaccine-associated adverse reactions.

Dr Sherri