Help protect your baby from severe RSV disease with a few simple steps
You do whatever you can to keep your baby healthy and at home. While severe RSV disease is easily spread, there are a number of simple precautions you can take to help protect your baby during RSV season.
Wash your hands thoroughly before touching your baby, and ask others to do the same
Don't let anyone smoke in your home or near your baby
Wash your baby's toys, clothes, and bedding often
Children should not receive SYNAGIS if they have ever had a severe allergic reaction to it. Signs and symptoms of a severe allergic reaction could include itchy rash; swelling of the face; difficulty swallowing; difficulty breathing; bluish color of the skin; muscle weakness or floppiness; and/or unresponsiveness. If your child has any of these signs or symptoms of a severe allergic reaction after getting SYNAGIS, call your child’s healthcare provider or get medical help right away.
Children should not receive SYNAGIS if they have ever had a severe allergic reaction to it. Signs and symptoms of a severe allergic reaction could include itchy rash; swelling of the face; difficulty swallowing; difficulty breathing; bluish color of the skin; muscle weakness or floppiness; and/or unresponsiveness. If your child has any of these signs or symptoms of a severe allergic reaction after getting SYNAGIS, call your child’s healthcare provider or get medical help right away.
SYNAGIS is given as a monthly injection, usually in the thigh (leg) muscle, by your child’s healthcare provider. If your child has a problem with bleeding or bruises easily, an injection could cause a problem. Your child should receive their first injection of SYNAGIS before the RSV season starts, to help protect them before RSV becomes active. RSV season is usually fall through spring, but it may begin earlier or last longer in certain areas. When RSV is most active, your child will need to receive injections of SYNAGIS every 28-30 days to help protect them from severe RSV disease for about a month. Your child should continue to receive monthly injections of SYNAGIS until the end of RSV season. Your child may still get severe RSV disease after receiving SYNAGIS. If your child has an RSV infection, they should continue to get their monthly injections throughout the RSV season to help prevent severe disease from new RSV infections.
The effectiveness of injections of SYNAGIS given less than monthly throughout the RSV season has not been established.
Serious side effects include severe allergic reactions, which may happen after any injection of SYNAGIS and may be life-threatening or cause death. Call your child’s healthcare provider or get medical help right away if your child has any of the signs or symptoms of a serious allergic reaction. See “Who should not receive SYNAGIS?” for more information.
Common side effects of SYNAGIS include fever and rash.
These are not all the possible side effects of SYNAGIS.
SYNAGIS is a prescription medication that is used to help prevent a serious lung disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children:
It is not known if SYNAGIS is safe and effective:
Looking for more information? We're happy to help you with any concerns or questions you may have about SYNAGIS® (palivizumab) or severe RSV disease.
