Sex: M
Vaccine: ANTH
Symptoms: Nausea, Pain, Vertigo, Vomiting
Clinical narrative: Submitted to Docket No. 1980N-0208; 69 FR 78281, December 29, 2004 - Bacterial Vaccines & Toxoids Efficacy Review Proposal. I am a civilian employed by the military. On 12/18/02, I received the first of three Anthrax vaccinations. The next day I was feeling ill, and became worse as days went by. On 12/23/02, I went to the clinic for headache, lethargy, nausea and vomiting. 10 days after my second vaccination, I woke up with severe vertigo. This vertigo still plagues me today, though not as severe as when it first started. A few days of later, I had my third and final vaccination. All three were from lot FAV063. I was a non-insulin dependent Diabetic (diagnosed in 1997) with hypertension. IN January 1995, I had an angiogram that showed I had one lesion of approximately 30% in size in my mid LAD. The cardiologist  told me (and placed in his report) that my arteries were large and I had nothing to worry about. That I would never require another angiogram for the rest of my life. No other artery showed any signs of lesions or disease. Just under six months from my last vaccination, I started having problems with my heart. I was given an angiogram that found I had a 95% occlusion in my mid LAD and another 90% in RCA. There was also a 50% lesion noted in my mid LAD. I required 2 stents. The 50% lesions was left alone. A month later, more heart trouble. An artery was fully occluded and by some miracle it was opened and stented. I was told it was at 70% during the previous angiogram and they had felt it was okay to leave it alone. They also thought it was strange for it to have closed up so quickly. The 50% lesion at mid LAD was okay. Eight months later, more heart trouble. Another coronary artery had a 95% occlusion, and required stenting. Doctors started scratching their heads. Another month passes and heart trouble visits again. This time I received 3 more stents. At this point, I had a total of 7 stents and by some miracle none of them developed restinosis. My doctors feel they need to treat my diabetes and hypertension with everything possible. So I am placed on insulin both humolog and lantus. They increased my BP meds and increased my cholesterol meds and placed me on Plavix for the rest of my life. Eight more months pass by and SI tell my cardiologist how I am feeling more confident as my heart has been doing great and if my body was not in so much pain, I would be able to exercise a lot more. Different parts of my body hurt for no reason. My family doctor has me on Vicodine, and I had 2 shots of cortisone in my elbow for severe pain that came out of nowhere and is still present, and now has spread to other parts of my body. 5 days after speaking with my cardiologist, on 1/25/05, I end up in the hospital for heart problems again and have 2 more stents inserted in arteries, one at 90% closed and the other at 70% closed that were okay eight months prior. The 50% mid LAD is still okay. (Which I am positive is the original 30% found in 1995). I now have nine stents that were placed in me during 5 angioplasties in an 18 month period. Before I knew about this, I never once was told any of my doctors that I had the Anthrax vaccinations, as I never once thought that this could be related. They are all perplexed at the aggressiveness of my Coronary Artery Disease. I have been searching everywhere for an answer that can explain what is happening to me. 3 weeks ago, I came across an article about this vaccine being related to Heart Disease.