Rabishield 100IU Injection

Rabishield 100IU Injection is to be administered as post-exposure prophylaxis after trained healthcare personnel's approval. If a person is bitten by an animal, wash wounds and scratches immediately with soap and water for about 15 minutes. This medicine is generally administered by a doctor or a nurse at a hospital or clinical set-up and should not be self-administered.

People at high risk of exposure to rabies, such as veterinarians, animal handlers, rabies laboratory workers, and rabies biologics production workers are given pre-exposure prophylaxis. The pre-exposure schedule for rabies vaccination is 3 doses. Ask your doctor about the same.

Common side effects of this medicine include injection site reactions (such as pain, redness, and swelling), headache, muscle pain, and upper respiratory tract infection. If you experience any of these which do no resolve on their own or get worse, let your doctor know.

• Prevention of Rabies

• Rabishield 100IU Injection prevents rabies infection when used along with other anti-rabies vaccine.
• It is used for a bite that has passed through the skin by a suspected rabid animal (dog, cat, monkey, rabbit, etc.).
• If you have been bitten:
  • Wash and flush the bite wound with soap and water for at least 15 minutes
  • Apply an Iodine containing cream (such as betadine) over the wound, If available.
  • Visit the nearest health care center as soon as possible to receive preventive treatment for rabies.
• Rabishield 100IU Injection is infiltrated  in and around the bite wound and any leftover medicine is injected into the muscle. 
• You must inform your doctor if you have received any anti-rabies vaccine in the past.