Health Alert: Meningitis Vaccine Carries Risk for Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Health Alert; The FDA is reporting that a total of 15 people became ill with Guillain-Barre Syndrome after taking a meningitis vaccine.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome is characterized by increasing weakness in the legs and arms, sometimes severe enough to cause paralysis.

Thus far, the affected individuals are between the ages of 11 and 19, and who became sick after receiving a Menactra shot, made by Sanofi Pasteur.

All individuals have been reported as recovering.

see also:

MedWatch Safety Summary Menactra Alert: MedWatch Safety Summary About Link to Guillain Barre
MedWatch Menactra Alert--Vaccine's link to Guillain Barre Syndrome

FDA Statement FDA Statement on Risk Between Meningitis Vaccine and Guillain Barre
FDA Update Links Meningitis Vaccine with Guillain Barre Syndrome

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