Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Asthenia, Dizziness, Feeling abnormal, Somnolence
Clinical narrative: weakness; light headedness/dizziness; he doesn't seem the same; Has to Lay Down after he Eats; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 67 year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 09Mar2021 (Lot number: EN6203) at the age of 67 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Arthritis" (ongoing), notes: Diagnosed almost 30 years ago; "Nerve pain" (ongoing); "bad back and shoulders" (unspecified if ongoing); "bad back and shoulders" (unspecified if ongoing); "fractured ribs on the right side" (unspecified if ongoing); "Chest congestion" (ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: GABAPENTIN "PCD" (ongoing); ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE taken for chest discomfort (ongoing). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Lot number:EL9264), administration date: 16Feb2021, when the patient was 67 years old, for Covid-19 immunization; Flu vaccine. The following information was reported: ASTHENIA (non-serious) with onset 15Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "weakness"; DIZZINESS (non-serious) with onset 15Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "light headedness/dizziness"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset 15Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "he doesn't seem the same"; SOMNOLENCE (non-serious) with onset 15Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Has to Lay Down after he Eats".  Additional information: Dizziness AE: states a few times he has had to catch himself and he doesn't know where he is at for a second. Caller states he has a few friends he talks to and they say he doesn't seem the same. Caller states the first couple of days after the vaccine, it didn't bother him but then it  come on. Treatment: States he takes his pills they gave him for the droplet [Covid19 from 6-7 months ago]. states the pills are Isosorbide Mononitrate 60mg for Chest congestion and stuff like that. Caller states he takes Gabapentin for his nerves 3 times a day because he has a bad disc on the right side of his back and he has back spasms. Confirms he had the back pain and spasms before taking the Covid vaccine. States he takes 13 medications for almost 30 years. Caller states he had the droplet [Covid19] 6 or 7 months ago and he had to go to the ER. States he was in the ER room for 12 hours and they gave him some pills for congestion in his chest. States he doesn't like going there because they talk bad to him like he is faking. States one guy said he came to the wrong place. States he told him that the section by him doesn't have much room and they finally took him in. States one doctor was kind and said he must've been around someone that had the droplet. Caller states as soon as he gets on the bus someone starts coughing. States he had taken his flu shots. States he stayed there in a bed and they were checking his systems and next morning, they let him go. States they also gave him cough medicine and other little pills for a runny nose, especially when he coughed, yellow stuff would come out. States he had one last year in March and the steep steps that lead down the main steps that he goes down to the veterans kitchen, well one was messed up and he didn't know it, and he fell and fractured ribs on the right side, states it still bothers him too. Caller states he has a bad back and shoulders. States his conditions he has show up and he has pain when he is moving around. States he rides his bicycle everyday and picks up cans for recycling. Caller states he is trying to go home to Mississippi, but he doesn't trust how he is feeling. States he can only stay at 517 on skidrow for 2 years and then he can't stay there more than 2 years. States he has till Monday and then he has to catch a bus. States he is not going back to section 8 because they are ridiculous to him and he can't take that. States he contacted the VA and a social worker said when he gets on the bus to give them a call. States at least he has some place to contact.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.