Age: 73.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
Clinical narrative: arm pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (Patient herself). A 73-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 23Feb2021 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6203) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included pre-existing foot pain from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing , covid-19 from Jun2020 to an unknown date , illness from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. Concomitant medication included paracetamol (TYLENOL) ; ibuprofen (MOTRIN [IBUPROFEN]) taken for pain in extremity. The patient experienced arm pain on an unspecified date.  The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included sars-cov-2 antibody test: positive on Jul2020. Caller got 1st does yesterday and took tylenol 1300mg and motrin 600mg for pre-existing foot pain,  before getting the dose.  Caller says she was told by vaccine location she could take her medications.  Caller says, she is only experiencing arm pain, "I woke up at 10am this morning.  rolled over on my arm, that's when it started to hurt. So it was my body weight that hurt it". Caller is post covid, "long hauler" survivor.  "I'm recovered. 99.9 back to normal, but occasionally stuff pops up from covid.  I get small marble sized bump on outside of right foot- goes away eventually, but painful and hard to walk".  Caller Broke her back in 2003 and pain management doctor treatment plan for pain was :arthritic strength Tylenol 650mgx2 and Motrin 600mg.  Caller has been taking it this pain management routine, as needed since 2003. Caller got her first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine yesterday, and when she made the appointment she asked the woman if she could take her pain management pills of Tylenol and Motrin before she got the vaccine. Caller states that she was told that was no problem. Caller is a Post COVID Long Hauler Syndrome survivor. Caller had COVID in Jun2020 of last year for 16 days she was ill, and then continued with the drag out symptoms for long haulers, for 6 months. Caller states that she is currently fine. Caller never tested positive for COVID itself, but when she tested the second time in Jul2020, she tested positive for the antibodies. Caller is currently feeling fine. Caller states that she is on that group all the time to report on her symptoms, and she reported yesterday that she had her first dose of the COVID Vaccine, and that he took 1300mg of Tylenol and 600mg of Motrin prior to her injection. Caller got a lot of negative feedback on there, and one was from someone who was in the original testing group for the vaccine, and they told the caller they were told not to take any pain medicine or anything medication prior to their injection, as it may compromise the immune system and stop the vaccine from actually doing the job and working. Caller states that after doing some research, she saw that the CDC was being overly cautious about the use of Tylenol and Motrin prior to having the injection. Caller understands that in trials, they would not want people to take Tylenol or Motrin as some of the side effects would be taken down by taking those, but caller does not understand why it would not be okay now, since Tylenol and Motrin are not healers, they are just pain medicines. Caller is wondering if she really messed up her injection yesterday. Caller is scheduled to have her second shot in Mar2021, and she wants to make sure she should go along with the program and get the second dose. Caller is 73 years old and doing as much as she can, proactively, to help COVID survivors, mostly with their symptoms from COVID. The outcome of the event was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.