Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Cerebrovascular accident, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Paraplegia
Clinical narrative: She states some patients are paralyzed from waist down/ now he is paralyzed from the waist down; Paralyzed due to Guillain Barre from the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine; Almost like a stroke; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team, Program ID.  A male patient received BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (BNT162B2, BNT162B2 OMI BA.4-5), as dose number unknown (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Covid-19 vaccine (Primary Immunization series complete, unknown Manufacturer), for COVID-19 immunisation. The following information was reported: PARAPLEGIA (medically significant), outcome "not recovered", described as "She states some patients are paralyzed from waist down/ now he is paralyzed from the waist down"; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "Paralyzed due to Guillain Barre from the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine"; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "Almost like a stroke". Clinical course: Agent stated she had a caller on the line who was an Occupational Therapist Assistant who stated she had multiple patients that were paralyzed from the neck down and coudn't recover after contracting Guillen Barre syndrome. Caller was asking if there was a form of the vaccine to help them recover or  testing they can do before the vaccine. Agent stated she was escalating this to the therapeutic team. Confirmed reporter details and clarified above information with the caller. Caller clarified she had multiple patients, later states 4 males, who have been paralyzed due to Guillen Barre from the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine. She stated one of them was paralyzed from the neck down and the others from the waist down. The treatment has been different based on income. She reported one couldn't do anything financially due to income. The other was getting neurological shots that work from the brain down to re-insulate his nerves to get more movement in the body. The shots wee done in a series of shots and he had to be able to afford the shots to get better. If the patient didn't have the money to pay for that, they were sitting in the hospital or at home. She stated they do therapy with them to get them moving as much as possible but they still had a long road to recovery. Caller stated she works in multiple facilities so she came across this regularly. She stated every time she has met a patient that was paralyzed due to Guillen Barre due to the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine, and there had been a total of 4, it had always been a man. Caller stated she has no patient information other than they have been male patients. She did not have dates, NDC, Lot, Expirations. Caller stated one got his a month ago and now he was paralyzed from the waist down and he was working on the road to recovery. It was almost like a stroke. Caller stated the most recent patient's seemed to be fine before the contracted Guillen Barre, they might have had arthritis or something but they were working full time and everything.   The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 has been requested and will be submitted if and when received.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-202300110001 same reporter/drug, different patient/event;US-PFIZER INC-202300110873 same reporter/drug, different patient/event;US-PFIZER INC-202300110872 same reporter/drug, different patient/event;