“Is the Vitamin K Shot a Vaccine?” Sources

• Vitamin K and VKDB: https://www.cdc.gov/vitamin-k-deficiency/about/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/vitamink/facts.html

• AAP recommends routine administration of the Vitamin K shot at birth: https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/19580/Vitamin-K-shots-protect-newborns-from-severe?autologincheck=redirected

• AquaMEPHYTON package insert: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2018/012223s042lbl.pdf

• FDA on boxed warnings: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/drug-advertising-glossary-terms?; https://www.fda.gov/media/71866/download

• Phytonadione package insert: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?setid=e0b0c8f1-75be-4f25-898a-7b97b608c615&type=display#Lb455e381-4f87-470b-abbe-dfc06c534e93

• Thrombocytopenia

  • What is it: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000586.htm

  • Hep B package insert: https://www.fda.gov/media/119403/download; https://www.fda.gov/files/vaccines%2C%20blood%20%26%20biologics/published/package-insert-recombivax-hb.pdf

• Higher risk of VKDB when certain medications are used during pregnancy: https://www.cdc.gov/vitamin-k-deficiency/about/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/vitamink/facts.html

• Circumcision increases risk of bleeding: Vax Facts: What to Consider Before Vaccinating at All Ages & All Stages of Life by Paul Thomas, M.D. and DeeDee Hoover; https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-the-vitamin-k-shot-in-newborns/

• Breastfed infants are at a higher risk for VKDB: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-the-vitamin-k-shot-in-newborns/

• Alternatives to the Vitamin K shot

  • Dr. Green Life Natal K: https://drgreenlifeorganics.com/products/natal-k-oral-vitamin-k?srsltid=AfmBOoqtAUkTg8F0upGVHIyJdV2abO_PDhBetCcROwfCBCSgNKsC6YqS

  • Biotics Research Bio-K-Mulsion: https://shop.bioticsresearch.com/products/bio-k-mulsion