Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Back pain
Clinical narrative: all of his joints including knees, back and wrist were hurting; all of his joints including knees, back and wrist were hurting/lot of joint pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (Patient). A 68-year-old male patient received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN6207; Expiration Date: 31Jul2021), via an unspecified route of administration on 16Mar2021 at 11:45(at the age of 67-year-old) administered in Arm Left as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient had received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: not provided), via an unspecified route of administration on 26Feb2021 as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included sore arm from 27Feb2021 to an unknown date, shoulder hurt with tingling from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing, ankylosing spondylitis from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing , blood pressure increased from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. Patient history: Ankylosing spondylitis Additional Information for Other Conditions: Caller unclear spelling, states that he thinks that is right. He was diagnosed, it's been, he does not know, they just started telling him that he had it apparently a long time ago. It shows up when people are 30. He does not know how long he has had it. elevated blood pressure his blood pressure is not real high, they just wanted to put him on medications. He has been on medication a couple of years. He was on a different medication before but he was having problems with it. He adds it was amlodipine. He has not taken it in a long time and is not sure details. It might be Teva Pharmaceuticals as the manufacturer, but he is not 100% sure. Concomitant medication(s) included lisinopril taken for blood pressure measurement, start and stop date were not reported; rosuvastatin taken for an unspecified indication, start and stop date were not reported; hydrochlorothiazide taken for blood pressure measurement, start and stop date were not reported. Caller has been on for 8 months or 7 months Why was the patient taking Concomitant Products lisinopril (Verbatim): blood pressure Crestor is the generic version, but caller takes rosuvastatin and Crestor is in parenthesis. rosuvastatin (Verbatim): keep cholesterol in check Dates for He has been on for about a year. On 06Apr2021, the patient experienced all of his joints including knees, back and wrist were hurting. He received the first dose of the pfizer covid 19 vaccine 26Feb2021. Caller stated that since the first shot, his left shoulder has been tingling on and off and his left arm was sore reporting that he cannot lift his arm up over his head when he gets up and then by 10 AM it goes away Caller stated that he received the second dose of the pfizer covid 19 vaccine on 19Mar2021 but did not feel the vaccine. Caller stated on 6Apr2021 all of his joints including knees, back and wrist were hurting. Caller stated his back was killing him. Caller stated that his right wrist was the worst. Caller stated he could not open and close his hand or move his hand. Caller stated he had the vaccine on the left side. Caller reported that he felt miserable the last couple of days. Caller reported that he is fine today. Caller wanted to know could he have a delayed reaction. Caller was number 10 in the queue for DSU so agent cold transferred caller to DSU. He got his first shot back in February, mid-February, and he only had a reaction of a sore arm. Caller received his second shot on 19Mar2021 and did not really have any reaction. Caller confirms this was the Pfizer Covid19 Vaccine. Caller adds that he was fine up until a couple of days ago, when he was getting a lot of joint pain, particularly in his wrists. Callers big toes hurt, and he had a weird low back pain. Tingling in left shoulder: Caller adds that all of these symptoms started last Monday or Tuesday. For some reason, this morning he got up and he had a tingling in his shoulder. He adds it was in his left shoulder where he got the shot, and it comes and goes. Caller adds that it starts tingling, goes away, starts tingling, and goes away. Caller adds that he does not know if this has something to do with the vaccine, but that is the only thing that he has done in the last few weeks. He has not really done anything else that could cause this. Left shoulder pain: caller adds that he has left shoulder pain that seems like it is in the morning. It went away this morning. Caller was wondering, it seems like it was 2.5 weeks since his second shot and he had no symptoms before that. Arm sore, First vaccine: Caller adds that his arm was sore the next day after he got the first shot. His arm was tender the next day, the next morning. Caller adds that it was on 26Feb2021 that he received his first vaccine, and on the next day 27Feb2021 he had this soreness. Caller adds that it went away. The only thing that he got after that was a tingling in his arm, like in the muscles. Tingling in left arm and shoulder: caller adds this was in his muscles. The pain went away but he had muscle spasms. It just kept on going, and it is not consistent. Like right now, it is not doing that but it would just start tingling and then it would go away. Caller confirms this was after receiving his first vaccine when it started. A lot of joint pain: this started 06Apr2021, Tuesday. Now that he is thinking about it, it just suddenly shut off. Up until yesterday, he was miserable. His wrist hurts, his back hurts. Caller adds that the only reason he mentions this is because his brother-in-law went through similar things- his brother-in-law had a fever, and his brother-in-laws ankles hurt to where he could not stand on them. Caller adds that his symptoms came further out, whereas his brother-in-law got symptoms the next day. Caller does not want to file a report for his brother-in-law, he states the he does not want to speak for him and that he only got this information from his sister. Big toes hurt and were throbbing: all of them were throbbing. Callers adds it was just both of his big toes. It is not doing it now. Caller adds that his wrist was hurting so bad. Pain in wrist: wrist hurt so bad he could not pick up glass of water, he had to use two hands. Caller adds there is no pain there whatsoever now, it just shut off. Just yesterday, he was having a hard time picking up a glass of water it hurt so bad and now the pain is gone. Weird low back pain: caller had trouble sitting, he was going from side to side because it just started and it was hurting. Caller adds that it started 06APR2021 but went away. Caller unsure dates on the events he listed, but he thinks the low back pain was Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Caller does not clarify dates but states that yesterday was the worst, especially with the wrist. Left shoulder pain, first shot: caller clarifies that left shoulder pain was after the first shot. He still is having trouble lifting his arm up. It subsides during the day, but in the morning he can't life his arm up. Caller went to the chiropractor and asked what was wrong and they said that he is probably sleeping on it wrong. Caller adds this is the way he has slept for the last 60-something years. Pain in wrist: caller clarifies that this was in his right wrist. He adds that the shoulder pain was his left, the wrist pain is his right. Unclear dates. Around Tuesday, the pain in his wrist was building and building until yesterday when he was really bad. This morning it went away, it went away when he woke up. Now, his wrist does not hurt at all. Tiredness, everyone told caller he sounded terrible: caller adds he has been tired the last few days but today he is wide awake. He added he was kind of like, everybody kept saying what is the matter you sound terrible. Vaccinations: Vaccine 1: Lot EN6198, expiration 30Jun2021. Given into left shoulder, left arm as an injection on 26Feb2021 Indication: caller states that he guesses everybody is getting sick and they said to get the vaccine, so he got the vaccine. He did not want to get sick. Vaccine 2: Lot EN6207, expiration 31Jul2021. Given in same spot, left shoulder by injection on 19Mar2021. Additional product details unknown by caller. Concomitant medications: caller states he also takes a bunch of vitamins but he would be here all day if he reports them, so he does not want to. Treatment: caller went to chiropractor the other day because he was in so much pain. After leaving there, he did not feel good either until this morning. Caller adds then his symptoms just went away like somebody just opened the shades. Caller adds that after the second shot, he had no problem until the other day. The reason he was calling is to find out how long after the second shot is it when people get side effects. Caller adds that he already talked to somebody at Pfizer who gave him information on this phone call, they gave him information about how people get side effects. Caller adds he has been on the phone with Pfizer all day and people keep passing him along. People would give him information and then said wait for the other person. It was very fast, in and out. Caller was out of there fast. He was in and out both time in 30 minutes after 15 minutes waiting period. list all vaccines administered on same date with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect: none. He only got his flu shot last September. The adverse event did not result emergency room visit and physician office visit, just the chiropractor. He went to the chiropractor because he did not know where the pain was coming from or what was causing it and it came on suddenly and disappeared suddenly so he thought maybe it was a vaccine thing. he does not know if the symptoms are from the vaccine or not but that is the only that makes sense. He knows that he was told people have reactions quicker, he just did not have symptoms for quite a while. PSCC Communication: PC filed. Caller does not have details of the atorvastatin and states it was manufactured by Teva. Caller states he has been on phone all day with Pfizer, does not have any additional reference numbers. Caller states he has no further information to add to the report and his questions were previously answered. No additional transfer. Is there a Product Complaint: Yes Description of Product Complaint: Description of complaint: While caller was discussing his blood pressure, he mentioned his blood pressure is not really high, they just wanted to have him on medication for it. Caller adds he has not been on his current medications very long, maybe a couple of years, because he was on a different medication before. He was having problems with that medication, and it was called amlodipine. He has not taken it in a very long time. Caller is not sure details. He states the manufacturer was Teva Pharmaceuticals, but he cannot be 100% sure. He does not think of anything other details to report on this and does not have the product because it was a very long time ago. consumer received the covax series and the last one was 3/16. After the first vaccine her had sore arm and his shoulder hurt with tingling. After the second covax he had achey joints. He states today he feels fine. He is asking if this is a delayed reaction to the covax. He also mentioned his brother-in-law got very sick and could not stand but then the next day felt fine. He states he went to his chiropractor yesterday and wonder if that is why he feels better today. Read FB. Provided number and transferred to medical information, hold que. Due to hold times. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine.The clinical outcome of the events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.