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Old 09-16-2009, 02:42 PM
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Default Need advice on shot

I read the ingredients of one shingles vaccine, Zostavax and I see that it has MSG (monosodium L-glutamate) in it.(see ingredients below)

Has anyone on this site, with a sensitivty to MSG had this shot?

Any issues?

Thanks

Each dose contains 31.16 mg of sucrose, 15.58 mg of hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, 3.99 mg of sodium chloride, 0.62 mg of monosodium L-glutamate, 0.57 mg of sodium phosphate dibasic, 0.10 mg of potassium phosphate monobasic, 0.10 mg of potassium chloride; residual components of MRC-5 cells including DNA and protein; and trace quantities of neomycin and bovine calf serum