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Can multiple myeloma patients have hepatitis A vaccine?

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Fatal infections have been caused by giving live-virus polio, measles, and smallpox vaccines to people with weak immune function. ... read more

I don't know whether myeloma is a contraindication of vaccines. But myeloma is managed with multiple rounds of autologous marrow transplant, which will destroy your acquired immunity completely, and abrogate all the vaccines you took. read more

There is some evidence that vaccination is less effective in people with myeloma, but it is recommended that patients should still have appropriate vaccines. It would be advisable for a patient to check with their haematologist before deciding about the rabies vaccine. read more

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