Age: 65.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Body height, COVID-19, Drug ineffective, Pyrexia, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccines all six (Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine) of them including the one in Sep and amazingly my husband came down with Covid first; were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccines all six (Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine) of them including the one in Sep and amazingly my husband came down with Covid first; This is a spontaneous report and received from Consumer or other non HCPs.  A 65-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 omi xbb.1.5 (COMIRNATY (2023-2024 FORMULA)), on 22Sep2023 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 65 years for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "sleep apnea" (unspecified if ongoing); "high cholesterol" (unspecified if ongoing); "Allergy: walnuts" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: BNT162b2 (DOSE 1, SINGLE, Lot number: Unknown), administration date: 03Apr2021, when the patient was 62-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization; BNT162b2 (DOSE 2, SINGLE, Lot number: unknown), administration date: 24Apr2021, when the patient was 62-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization; BNT162b2 (DOSE 3 (BOOSTER), SINGLE, Lot number: unknown), administration date: 15Aug2021, when the patient was 62-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization; BNT162b2 (DOSE 4 (BOOSTER), SINGLE, Lot number: unknown), administration date: 29Apr2022, when the patient was 63-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization; BNT162b2;BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (DOSE 5 (BOOSTER), SINGLE, Lot number: unknown), administration date: 23Sep2022, when the patient was 64-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization. The following information was reported: DRUG INEFFECTIVE (medically significant) with onset 11Dec2023, outcome "unknown", COVID-19 (medically significant) with onset 11Dec2023, outcome "recovered" (18Dec2023) and all described as "were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccines all six (Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine) of them including the one in Sep and amazingly my husband came down with Covid first". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: Body height: (unspecified date) around 6 feet; Pyrexia: (unspecified date) went up to 102.4; SARS-CoV-2 test: (18Dec2023) Negative; (19Dec2023) Positive; (11Dec2023) Positive; Weight: (unspecified date) got 215 to 220. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of drug ineffective, covid-19.  Clinical course: Paxlovid was taken as treatment for covid-19 from 11Dec2023 till 16Dec2023. Reporter stated, "I am calling regarding Paxlovid for a couple of different reasons my husband and I both were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccines all six (Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine) of them including the one in Sep and amazingly my husband came down with Covid first and he had, I call them moderate symptoms he had fever, he had upper respiratory coughing and sneezing and he was able to begin Paxlovid a week ago yesterday so he had his full course of Paxlovid. My husband has no problem with Paxlovid beyond the horrible taste, he was really quite fine with it. The other thing I really wanted to report with because the first thing I noticed when I and they delivered my Paxlovid is, you know Paxlovid is advised for especially seniors and those at risk, I mean compromised systems right (Further clarifications unknown over the call) and yet the packaging, I could not open it. I cannot push through that blister pack. It was difficult for anybody with older arthritics hands. So, that is a big problem and it is not the only medication I had that problem with but that certainly pretty major if I did not have my husband here or a pair of scissors handy. I would not have ever been able to open it and that is kind of discouraging and it is disappointing on Pfizer's behalf. I mean, I happen to believe in Pfizer products obviously we took the Pfizer vaccines. The other thing is once you open them which I did with nail clipping scissors, it is so sharp that the foil cut me and that is not acceptable so I hope to heaven forbid if we have to continue with such products that you have to find another way to package them. I mean it is dangerous, I cut myself. So, I felt it is incumbent upon me to at least report this."  When paraphrased the concern: Reporter stated, "That is everything, I thought it should be reported but especially that like the blister pack, there are lot of different type of blister packs out there, some are the over the counter medications, stuff like that I cannot open them on a good day and this was surprising, because this is such a thin blister pack, I could not push it open, even my husband had trouble and he is a 100 pounds bigger than me so, it is not just me and he is not as old so, I mean he is a 65, I am 71 or young 71 (Later consumer clarified age as 70 years old) but I am just saying that, this got to be something better and I understand the concept of dispensing it so you could keep tracking it which day and on which dose you are on and all that but there must be some other format that they could be dispensed in rather than in an open bottle of course.  The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2 omi xbb.1.5 will be requested and submitted if and when received.