Age: 80.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Headache, Hypertension
Clinical narrative: from the 2nd week after receiving his 1st COVID-19 Vaccine until today, he has had horrible headaches; his blood pressure was kind of high in the mornings; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 80-years-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Solution for injection, Lot Number: FL9262), via an unspecified route of administration in the left arm on 25Jan2021, between 09:00 and 10:00 (at the age of 80-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included blood pressure high and neuropathy, patient stated he had neuropathy in his feet and sometime in his pinky finger. He said his feet sometimes burn. He said he was diagnosed with neuropathy in Jun2020 by a neurologist and has been taking Gabapentin pills, unknown if ongoing. Concomitant medication(s) included metoprolol tartrate (LOPRESSOR), Expiration date: Mar2024taking for approximately 4-5 years and Amlodopine/Valsaratan/HCT 2.5mg tablets for 4-5 years, Lot Number: BTT36, Expiration date: Apr2022 for high blood pressure. Patient also received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Solution for injection, Lot Number: FL9269), via an unspecified route of administration in the left arm on 15Feb2021, between 09:00 and 10:00 as dose 2, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID-19 vaccine. Patient stated that he received the first dose of the vaccine on 25Jan2021 and had been having horrible headaches since then. Patient stated that his HCP told him to double up on his blood pressure medication but that does not help and his blood pressure was fine when he takes it, stated that Tylenol does not help either. Patient further stated that, first week after getting his first COVID-19 Vaccine dose he felt ok. He said he didn't feel any different. He said from the second week after he received his first COVID-19 Vaccine until today (24Feb2021), he had had horrible headaches. Also reported he had been seeing different doctors since his headaches started. He said his primary care doctor did blood work, and his blood work was normal. He said his blood pressure was kind of high in the mornings (2021), so his primary care doctor told him when he gets up in the morning to take another pill to help his blood pressure. He clarified he normally takes 1 Amlodopine/Valsaratan/HCT 2.5mg tablet (by Novartis) in the morning with Lopressor 100mg. He clarified his doctor told him to take 2 Amlodopine/Valsaratan/HCT 2.5mg tablets when he gets up in the morning. He clarified the 2 Amlodopine/Valsaratan/HCT 2.5mg tablets were helping his blood pressure, but not his headaches. He said when he rechecked his blood pressure after taking the blood pressure medications, his blood pressure was normal during the day. He said since he still had the headaches when his blood pressure is normal, he knew his headaches were not caused by his blood pressure being high he went out of town every summer to get his medications. He said he had been on the Amlodopine/Valsaratan/HCT 2.5mg tablets for 4-5 years. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood test: normal on an unspecified date in Feb2021. The event resulted in physician office visit. Patient received treatment for the adverse event. The clinical outcome for the event, from the 2nd week after receiving his 1st COVID-19 Vaccine until today, he has had horrible headaches was not recovered and unknown for his blood pressure was kind of high in the mornings.  Follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.