Imovax Polio Dosage/Direction for Use

Dosage regimen compliant with French recommendations: Pediatric population: One dose at the age of 2 months and one dose at the age of 4 months, followed by a booster dose at the age of 11 months.
Non vaccinated adults: Two successive doses of 0.5 ml at an interval of two months, followed by a booster dose 8 to 12 months after the first injection.
Please refer to official recommendations for any further boosters.
Other dosage regimens: This vaccine must be used according to effective official recommendations.
In countries where a live Oral Poliomyelitis vaccine (trivalent, bivalent or monovalent OPV) is used in the routine immunisation programme, IMOVAX POLIO may be used in association (co-administration) or in sequential use with OPV), in accordance with official recommendations.
Missed Dose: If patient forgot to take a dose of vaccine, the doctor will decide when to administer this dose.
Method of administration: This vaccine will be administered by a healthcare professional, preferably into a muscle (intramuscular route) or under the skin (subcutaneous route).
This vaccine must never be administered into a blood vessel.
Injection into a muscle will be preferably performed in the upper side of the thigh in young children and in the upper of the arm in children, adolescents and adults.