Age: 57.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Amnesia, Anxiety, Nervousness, Thinking abnormal, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: Pain injection site; short term memory problems/short term memory loss; reduction in mental clarity/feels like she has not been clear headed; scary feeling; worried; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 57-year-old female patient received the second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, lot number: EL0140), via an unspecified route of administration on 12Jan2021 at 13:30  at single dose to prevent Covid. The patient's medical history included ongoing blood pressure high, ongoing cholesterol, ongoing anxiety, ongoing sleep disorder, fatigue from 10Jan2021 to 10Jan2021, and spacey from 10Jan2021 to 10Jan2021. Concomitant medication included pravastatin for cholesterol, amlodipine besylate for blood pressure high, lisinopril for blood pressure high, zolpidem tartrate (AMBIEN CR) for sleep, olanzapine for anxiety, all ongoing; and naproxen sodium (ALEVE). The patient previously received the first dose of BNT162B2 (Batch/lot number: EJ1685) by injection in left arm on 22Dec2020 for COVID-19 immunization and experienced fatigue and spacey on 10Jan2021, and pain at injection site on an unspecified date. The patient experienced short term memory problems and reduction in mental clarity from 14Jan2021. The patient called and wanted to know if there were reported cases in the clinical trials that experienced "brain fog" and "memory loss" after taking the COVID 19 vaccine. The patient asked if anyone else reported spaciness, brain fog and short term memory problems after receiving the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine. The patient reported that she received the second dose of vaccine on 12Jan2021. She reported reduction in mental clarity and short term memory loss. On 10Jan2021, the patient experienced fatigue and "spacy". The patient stated that that she has had both doses of the vaccine, she got the second dose last Tuesday. She was wondering if there were any known side effects of the product including mental clarity, or foggy brain, or memory loss, because the patient felt like she has not been clear headed. She received her 2nd dose on 12Jan2021, and has been experiencing short term memory problems and reduction in mental clarity. She stated that on 10Jan2021, she noticed feeling fatigue and spacey. The patient stated that seriousness criteria for short term memory problems and reduction in mental clarity was not serious, but stated that it was a scary feeling. She laughed and stated that she was worried, is she getting dementia or is it just the shot. She received her 2nd dose of the vaccine on 12Jan2021 at 13:30PM. Lot: EL0140, No Expiry/NDC written on card. She stated that she did get some pain at the injection site; did not clarify after which injection. She stated that she took Aleve 2 capsules as needed. The patient asked if there have been any reports of patients experiencing this after having the vaccine. It was reported that the patient works in the lab. The outcome of the events short term memory problems/short term memory loss and reduction in mental clarity/feels like she has not been clear headed was not recovered, while the outcome of the other events was unknown.