Menactra Drug Interactions

Concomitant Administration with Other Vaccines: Menactra vaccine was concomitantly administered with Typhim Vi [Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine] (Typhoid) and Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed, For Adult Use (Td) vaccine, in individuals 18 through 55 and 11 through 17 years of age, respectively. In children 4 through 6 years of age, Menactra was co-administered with DAPTACEL, and in children younger than 2 years of age, Menactra was co-administered with one or more of the following vaccines: PCV7, 2 MMR, V, MMRV, or HepA [see Pharmacology: Clinical Studies under Actions and Adverse Reactions].
When Menactra and DAPTACEL are to be administered to children 4 through 6 years of age, preference should be given to simultaneous administration of the 2 vaccines or administration of Menactra prior to DAPTACEL. Administraton of Menactra one month after DAPTACEL has been shown to reduce meningococcal antibody responses to Menactra. Data are not available to evaluate the immune response to Menactra administered to younger children following DAPTACEL or to Menactra administered to persons <11 years of age following other diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccines [see Pharmacology: Clinical Studies: Concomitant Vaccine Administration under Actions].
Pneumococcal antibody responses to some serotypes in PCV7 were decreased following co13 administration of Menactra and PCV7 [see Pharmacology: Clinical Studies: Concomitant Vaccine Administration under Actions].
Do not mix Menactra with other vaccines in the same syringe. When Menactra is administered concomitantly with other injectable vaccines, the vaccines should be administered with different syringes and given at separate injection sites.
Immunosuppressive Therapies: Immunosuppressive therapies, including irradiation, antimetabolites, alkylating agents, cytotoxic drugs, and corticosteroids (used in greater than physiologic doses) may reduce the immune response to vaccines.