Age: 81.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Insomnia, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Pain, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: arthritis pain; difficult for him to even open a bottle of water and it's making his hands feel hard, he takes care of himself and this joint pain is making it difficult for him; hardly slept at all; After his 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine shot, the next day he had some aches & pains, but the aches & pains were not really that bad. He said he had a little bit of aches & pains & then it didn't bother him; He said right now he had really bad arthritis pain. He said he had a hard time getting out of bed. He said he didn't have that before he had the COVID-19 Vaccine.; Arthritis pain in his shoulders was the worst; Arthritis pain in legs; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient himself). A 81-years-old male patient received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Solution injection; Batch/Lot Number: EN6203; Expiration Date: 31May2021), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 23Feb2021 at 13:30 (at the age of 81-years-old) as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included chronic kidney disease clarified as chronic kidney disease for about 4-5 years, had a problem with his cholesterol in the past, he slipped and fell on ice, and broke 3 ribs, 3 years ago. He said he had gout before, and his gout had to do with his kidneys. He said he hadn't had gout in a while. He said he had dislocated his one shoulder years ago, and he had a torn rotator cuff in his other shoulder that he never repaired. He said his shoulder that was dislocated in the past felt worse than the one shoulder with the torn rotator cuff. Reported he took 1/2 pill of Clonazepam 0.5mg tablet (generic Klonopin) for sleep last night. He said he will take a 1/2 tablet of Clonazepam 0.5mg if he had a problem sleeping. He said he very rarely took the Clonazepam 0.5mg. Patient previously received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Solution injection; Batch/Lot Number: EL9262; Expiration Date: 31May2021), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 31Jan2021 as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Concomitant medication included clonazepam. Patient did not receive any prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. The patient reported that he had a lot of arthritis pain. He also mentioned it was difficult for him to even open a bottle of water and it's making his hands feel hard, he takes care of himself and this joint pain was making it difficult for him, and what bothers him was that the joint pain was persistent and he wanted to know if it will go away. He reported that after his 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine shot, the next day on 24Feb2021, he had some aches & pains, but the aches & pains were not really that bad. He said he had a little bit of aches & pains and then it didn't bother him. He said right now he had really bad arthritis pain. He said he had a hard time getting out of bed. He said he didn't have that before he had the COVID-19 Vaccine. He said he had some aches and pains, and now had arthritis pain. He said he doesn't know if his arthritis pain had anything to do with the COVID-19 Vaccine, but it may, and he wanted Pfizer to know that. He said he felt terrible. He said he can't get himself out of bed, and was having a hard time. He said he can't take NSAIDs because of his kidneys, and was using Tylenol, but the Tylenol was not helping much at all. He said his ex-wife told him to take the Tylenol Arthritis instead of Tylenol. He said the Tylenol Arthritis helped a little bit. He said last night was the worst night he had so far. He said he hardly slept at all and had to take a pill to help him sleep. He said he complained to his cardiologist about his arthritis pain, and the cardiologist asked him why he hadn't asked his primary care doctor to give him a shot of Prednisone or Cortisone. He was using heating pads, and whatever else he could do, to treat his arthritis pain. He said he had an electric heating pad, and a heating pad that he puts in a microwave. He said he put the heating pads on wherever he had pain. He said he did a lot of construction work and physical labor at one time, and maybe his pain had something to do with that. He had pain in his shoulders, legs, hips, and everywhere since he got his second COVID-19 Vaccine. If the vaccine was supposed to boost his immune system and maybe now his immune system may be attacking his joints, causing this joint pain. Reported his arthritis pain was still there today (25Mar2021), but was not as intense as last night (24Mar2021). He said he found if he took a hot shower (as hot as he could stand), it seemed to help a little bit with his arthritis pain. He said he thought the weather has something to do with his arthritis pain, as well. He was taking Pharmacy Brand Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500mg caplets for arthritis pain, and the Pharmacy Brand Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500mg was not helping much at all and he started taking Tylenol 8HR Arthritis Pain instead of the Pharmacy Brand Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500mg caplets. He said the Tylenol 8HR Arthritis Pain helped a little bit. He said he needed a magnifying glass to read the product information because the print was so small on the Tylenol 8HR Arthritis Pain bottle. Caller said he was wondering if anyone else was having the same problems with arthritis after getting the COVID-19 Vaccine, and if something was going on with the COVID-19 Vaccine. The outcome of the event after his 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine shot, the next day he had some aches & pains, but the aches & pains were not really that bad. He said he had a little bit of aches & pains & then it didn't bother him was recovered on unspecified date. The outcome of the event he said right now he had really bad arthritis pain. He said he had a hard time getting out of bed. He said he didn't have that before he had the COVID-19 Vaccine, Arthritis pain in legs and arthritis pain in his shoulders was the worst was not recovered while the outcome of all the events was unknown.  No follow up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.