Last update Dec. 8, 2017

Lyme Disease Vaccine

Compatible

Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.

A vaccine made of recombinant outer surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi (CDC1999).

Since the last update, we have not found any published data on its excretion in breast milk.

Its very high molecular weight makes its transfer to milk in significant quantities very unlikely.
Its low oral bioavailability would hinder its transfer to the infant’s plasma from ingested breast milk because, due to its protein nature, it degrades in the gastrointestinal tract, and is not absorbed.

This vaccine was withdrawn from sale in 2002, after only a few years of availability (FDA 2002) for reasons unrelated to its effectiveness (Kaaijk 2016, Aronowitz 2012).

Vaccines are compatible with breastfeeding, both those that are live attenuated microorganisms, as well as those that are dead, inactivated or those formed by parts of or toxoids of the same (Sachs 2013, CDC 2011).
With the exception of rubella, smallpox and yellow fever, live virus vaccines are not excreted in breast milk and do not cause problems in infants, except for yellow fever in children under 6 months (Sachs 2013, CDC 2011).
Breastfeeding can improve the antibody response of vaccines (CDC 2011).
Women who breastfeed can and should be protected with the recommended vaccines like other adults.


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Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

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Other names

Lyme Disease Vaccine is also known as


Lyme Disease Vaccine in other languages or writings:

  • C1198H2012N322O422S2 (Molecular formula)

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Tradenames

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Pharmacokinetics

Variable Value Unit
Molecular weight 27.743 daltons
1.2 hours

References

  1. CDC- ACIP. Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines of the ACIP. Special Situations. Breastfeeding and Vaccination. - 2023 Consulted on Oct. 25, 2023 Full text (link to original source)
  2. CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccination Safety for Breastfeeding Mothers. Breastfeeding and Special Circumstances. 2023 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  3. (Red Book). AAP. Kimberlin DW, Barnett ED, , Lynfield R, Sawyer MH eds. Red Book: 2021-2024. Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 32th ed. Elk Grove Village, - 2021
  4. CAV-AEP. Comité asesor de vacunas de la Asociación Española de Pediatría. Lactancia materna y vacunas. None 2019 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  5. Kaaijk P, Luytjes W. Vaccination against Lyme disease: Are we ready for it? Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 Abstract Full text (link to original source)
  6. Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Towers CV, Forinash AB. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk. Wolters Kluwer Health. Tenth edition (acces on line) 2015
  7. Sachs HC; Committee On Drugs. The transfer of drugs and therapeutics into human breast milk: an update on selected topics. Pediatrics. 2013 Sep;132(3):e796-809. Abstract Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  8. Aronowitz RA. The rise and fall of the lyme disease vaccines: a cautionary tale for risk interventions in American medicine and public health. Milbank Q. 2012 Abstract Full text (link to original source)
  9. CDC. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. General recommendations on immunization --- recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep. 2011 Abstract Full text (in our servers)
  10. [No authors listed] Manufacturer discontinues only Lyme disease vaccine. FDA Consum. 2002 Abstract Full text (link to original source)
  11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).. Availability of Lyme disease vaccine. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999 Abstract Full text (link to original source)
  12. Pickering LK, Granoff DM, Erickson JR, Masor ML, Cordle CT, Schaller JP, Winship TR, Paule CL, Hilty MD. Modulation of the immune system by human milk and infant formula containing nucleotides. Pediatrics. 1998 Feb;101(2):242-9. Abstract

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