Age: 64.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Palpitations
Clinical narrative: When I go to sleep I can feel my fast heartbeat; Dizzy; Sore mouth; I have been feeling that my scalp is on flame and it too hot; heart palpitations/palpitations of heart/When I go to sleep I can feel my fast heartbeat; pain and soreness in his left armpit/arm/Soreness in the right arm/Pain under my left arm and my left side; Aches and pain to the right arm and all over his whole body; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non-health care professional (patient). A 64-years-old male patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot: ER8727), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm right on 20Mar2021 11:00 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included allergies to sulfa (highly allergic to bactrim- causes blisters) and penicilin (rashes) and palpitations from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. Concomitant medications included azithromycin (AZITHROMYCIN) taken for bacterial infection from 18Mar2021 to 24Mar2021, dosage: 250mg tablet, 2 tablets on day 1, then 1 tablet by mouth once a day after that for total of 6 days taken for had cuts in arm and not healing kind of red around cut doctor prescribed. The patient previously took flu for antiviral prophylaxis, bactrim and experienced allergies, bactrim and experienced blister, penicilline and experienced rash. On 20Mar2021, the patient experienced heart palpitations/palpitations of heart/when i go to sleep i can feel my fast heartbeat, pain and soreness in his left armpit/arm/soreness in the right arm/pain under my left arm and my left side. On an unspecified date, experienced when i go to sleep i can feel my fast heartbeat (heart rate increased), dizzy, sore mouth, i have been feeling that my scalp is on flame and it too hot. On an unknown date in Mar2021, experienced aches and pain to the right arm and all over his whole body. Caller was a 64y/o male who received his first dose of Pfizer-Biontech Covid19 vaccine 20Mar2021. He has since experienced heart palpitations (starting the day after vaccination), pain and soreness in his left armpit/arm, even though he was given the vaccine in his "right shoulder". He wants to know if these symptoms have been reported, before, and how long they might last?  Should he get his second dose? Patient reported that he originally developed palpitations following a vein procedure in his right leg that was performed 9 months ago. The palpitations continued for 6 months, and he had not had them for 3 months, they are now recurring after receiving his first Covid19 vaccine. He also reports a pain in his heel after the vein procedure. Just filed a report about the Pfizer Biontech Covid19 vaccine- The day after experienced soreness in the right arm- next morning had heart palpitations. Soreness in my left armpit- have not gotten no better or worse. pain and palpitations, worse at night time. Had palpitation before and everything surgery on my veins in my right leg. The day of the surgery it caused the palpitations to happen. Finally went away about the 3 months. (palpitations lasted for like 6 months before it went away). No symptoms from the flu shot. Ingredients-anything like sulfa-highly allergic to bactrim and penicillin- rashes. Bactrim-blisters. Patient was asking that should I take the second dose? He has a history of being highly allergic to sulfa drugs, specifically stating that "bactrim gives me blisters. He has an allergy to penicillin, stating his reaction as a rash. He wanted to know if there were bad batches of the vaccine, since he was asked for the lot number during his report. Patient stated that he was calling about the COVID 19 vaccine and had got his first shot and experienced the usual deal of feeling dizzy and soreness in right arm. He stated later that night and earlier next morning when he woke up early that next morning after getting the vaccine he experienced palpitations of the heart which he had a long time ago maybe 2 or 3 months ago and that had started back all over again. He also had soreness under his left arm and upper left side by his upper left arm and is still experiencing this pain and soreness in his left armpit and upper left side by his upper left arm. Dizzy: He stated right after he received the vaccine as he was just a little dizzy. He stated this started a few hours after receiving the vaccine but then clarified event stopped an hour or two after the shot same date, recovered completely; but it was just a little dizziness not bad. Soreness in right arm: He stated he had soreness in his right arm right after the shot since he got the vaccine in his right arm. He stated this stopped the day after the injection. He stated as far as the shot soreness he has recovered completely but has other aches and pain to the right arm and all over his whole body. Palpitations of heart: He stated this started after the vaccine that night of 20Mar2021 into the next morning 21Mar2021 while sleeping early early morning woke up with palpitations of his heart. He stated this is still going on every time he goes to sleep and wakes up early in the morning he experiences this. He stated this has stayed about the same. Soreness under left arm and upper left side by his left arm: He stated this started that next morning when he woke after getting the vaccine and is still ongoing. He stated it is the same as when he first noticed it. Aches and pain to the right arm and all over his whole body: He stated this was not because of shot since he had body aches previously before the vaccine. He stated after the vaccine it has intensified it a little bit and is more sore. He stated he had back troubles and everything before the shot but the vaccine made it increased a little bit and he feels like his back hurts a little bit more than it used to be he guesses after the shot which has made it intensified the pain that he had before. He stated this started 2 or 3 days after the shot, so onset around 22Mar2021 or 23Mar2021 and is ongoing as he feels like it is more painful than usual but the pain is not unbearable pain but it is just more intensified than he usually has. Caller stated this is about the same as when it started around 22Mar2021 or 23Mar2021. He stated just kind of soreness and palpitation as he has had palpitations long time ago which went away and the last time he had the palpitations before was about 3 months ago when they finally went away. He stated he guesses the palpitations occurred again since he had got rid of them and the palpitations came back again. He stated the soreness of the arm he has never had that before and is having that now. Concomitant Products: Caller reported not really, he told the other agent that when he went to get the first dose of the COVID 19 vaccine he told the person giving him the shot that he was on antibiotic Azithromycin tablet and had started taking this medication 2 days before the injection and that is was a 6 day supply where he took 2 tablets the first day and then 1 tablet daily until he finished the medication. He stated he asked the person administering the vaccine if it was ok and the person administering the vaccine told the caller yes it was alright and gave him the information to make sure. He stated the only other vaccine he has had was the flu shot back in December and had no adverse events at all, not even soreness. Medical information request:Caller stated he wanted the telephone number to see if it was ok to get the second shot and to see about the conditions since he did not get an email? He stated, I got the Pfizer first vaccine COVID-19 on 20Mar2021 and I tried calling you guys but never could. I had lot of reactions to this vaccine. The first one when I got the vaccine was you know I felt little dizzy and my mouth was sore, but that night when I woke up the next morning, I had palpitations in the heart and I am still having the palpitations. I am having like soreness and pain under my left arm and my left side since first night after the shot. I was like what do I get to solve this. The next morning, I have been feeling that my scalp is on flame and it too hot. The COVID shot that I had and I was felling palpitations and soreness on my upper left arm and on my left side. These are the main things that happened to me the next morning. He stated, No, I called on before like a day before. I call but Monday or Sunday, I think it was Sunday, not this Sunday but the Last Sunday, I called but your line were hang up me. I called 7 calls but nobody might be because of Sunday I do not know that why I called you early in the morning. He stated, next morning of the shot. When probed for the date of 1st Vaccine shot, he stated, 20Mar2021. When probed for the due date of 2nd Vaccine shot, Consumer stated, 10Apr2021. When I went to get the shot I told them I am on Azithromycin tablets 250 mg and they were okay for I can take the vaccine. Site of administration of Vaccine: I took it on my Right shoulder. Consumer stated, When I go to sleep I can feel my fast heartbeat. I was wondering if it is safe to take the second shot. Treatment: He stated no I had nothing. Reason for no lot number: Other: LOT of 2nd dose : consumer stated, It kind of hard to read, ER87 I cannot read it is like 27 after that. Expiry date: Unknown He stated, I took my 2nd shot Pfizer shot yesterday and had just day my right shoulder was real sore but today whole body stuff started have ache and woke up I started feel kind cold and everything and headache and everything and all my body then aching all day long so I have been having my upper back, my lower back, my shoulders, my neck been hurting. I have been running fever 100.7 all day long . I just took 2 Advil above 100.3, all day long my fever at 100.7 today and I could say I have body aches over my back and everything my upper back, my lower back, my shoulder and I have been having ache too. He was told about the role and responsibilities of Pfizer drug safety permission to probe further question: consumer stated, Okay. When probed if the customer called Pfizer drug safety first time regarding the same concern: He stated, this was my 2nd time. I have called first time, I have reported. Let me give you the reference number of first time. I got the reference number# ( reference number, captured as Follow-up). Last time I had like palpitations ,Heart and soreness under my left hand that was the first shot. I just had my 2nd shot and I got more problems in my 2nd shot. I still got palpitations. I guess, palpitations are going away but they are sort of first shot. When probed for product details the LOT# ,NDC,UPC, Expiration of the 1st and 2nd dose: he stated, I already told you the first shot details , the first shot I got was on March 20Mar2021, I already reported the first shot, Second shot I got it yesterday. LOT# of 2nd dose : consumer stated, it kind of hard to read, ER87 I cannot read it is like 27 after that. LOT# of 1st dose: consumer stated, I cannot because I already the first shot with LOT# and everything, I already reported first shot, I cannot make it you now because they put the stamp on the LOT#, I gave you the LOT# , gave you the reference number look up at it. Expiration date , NDC,UPC #: he stated, They do not have expiration date on it. He stated, I already told you I had headache, fever 100.7 all day long, I took some Advil just to let go and now it is down to 100.2 now. He stated, Like I say that I had fever all day long 100.7 all day long and it is finally got to 100.2 now started taking Advil to let it go and I have been having my upper back , my lower back . I have been having muscle aches all over my back , my shoulder, my neck .I have headache too. When Probed for Facility he stated, I got my vaccine around 04:30 pm on the 10Apr2021, I got it at. On right shoulder, the route of administration: he stated, It was a shot. The treatment was not received for the events. The adverse events does not resulted in emergency room visit and physician office visit. Vaccination Facility Type: Other: He stated there was a big gathering like a clinic that was set up for a bunch of people to get the shot. He stated it was a clinic but was close to the hospital since the hospital was a few hundred feet from the annex clinic building. The clinical outcome for all the events was reported as not recovered.   No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.