Sex: U
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Arthritis, Insomnia, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, X-ray
Clinical narrative: chronic arthritis/hip arthritis; pain in my hip/tired of living with chronic pain that is interfering with my life; pain in my hip/tired of living with chronic pain that is interfering with my life; The pain in my hips isn't letting me sleep tonight; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) for a Pfizer sponsored program (001774). The reporter is the patient.  A patient (no qualifiers provided) received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 17Apr2021 (Lot number: EW0153, Expiration Date: 31Jul2021) as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Lot: ER8730, Expiration: 31Jul2021, dose 1), administration date: 27Mar2021, for Covid-19 Immunization.  The following information was reported: ARTHRITIS (medically significant), outcome "not recovered", described as "chronic arthritis/hip arthritis"; ARTHRALGIA (medically significant), LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (non-serious), outcome "not recovered" and all described as "pain in my hip/tired of living with chronic pain that is interfering with my life"; INSOMNIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "The pain in my hips isn't letting me sleep tonight". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: x-ray: (25Feb2022) unknown results. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of arthritis, arthralgia, loss of personal independence in daily activities.  Additional information: Patient emailed since collecting data in order to submit for compensation from the Program for chronic arthritis that started around two weeks after my second dose of your COVID vaccine. Patient was 38, and patient have never had any issues with hips prior to the COVID vaccine. Patient did not start out assuming the hip arthritis constituted an injury from your vaccine, but that's where research led patient. Also of note is the fact that the government compensates people who develop chronic arthritis following the MMR(V) vaccine via the other vaccine injury compensation program, or the Program. Patient reasoned that if vaccine induced arthritis was real, it would be on the list of injuries for which the Program compensates; sure enough, it is on the list as shown below. Vaccine: IV. Vaccine containing rubella virus (e.g., MMR, MMRVI Illness, disability, injury or reaction covered: A. Chronic artivritis. Time period for first symptoms or manifestation of onset or of significant aggravation after vaccine administration: 7-42 days (not less than 7 days and not more than 42 days. patient went to the (name) Clinic ("withheld") for treatment for the hip arthritis on 25Feb2022, and I had sent (withheld) a table of some relevant case studies prior to appointment. (Said table appears later in this email). While patient have been prescribed two rounds of 4mg methylprednisolone one of which patient have already completed and not yet cured. Patient experienced mild improvement such that bad days are one point less on the pain scale than prior to taking the first round of low dose steroids. The X-rays patient had done on 25Feb2022 at (withheld) were unremarkable, which came as no surprise patient have never had an issue with hips before 03May2021. Sadly, the clinician didn't order blood work, so patient don't know if any relevant inflammatory markers could have been detected at elevated levels as patient suspect. Patient planned on starting round two of low dose steroids circa 31Mar2022. (Patient was on vacation and am enjoying some cocktails, but you can't drink on steroids. That's why patient have not yet started the second round of the 6 day methylprednisolone course, but patient think the dose is too low to help anyway. Patient had asked for a higher dose, but the clinician at (withheld) gave me another Rx for 4mg). Patient was tired of living with chronic pain that is interfering with life (ability to exercise, et cetera). The least Pfizer could do in light of the failure to properly inform me of the risks is help patient to get the proper treatment at (withheld). Sadly, patient was a low risk for severe COVID, and since the Phase 3 trial designs were botched in terms of testing for transmission, it's not clear if patient getting the shot - at the expense of hips which now cause chronic pain - helped to protect anyone. Patient was offered a LNP delivered mRNA booster at (withheld) on 25Feb2022, but patient will never again take a LNP delivered mRNA vaccine. (patient remain pro-vaccine and have every intention of continuing to receive annual flu shot). Moreover, patient will have to continue to seek treatment until patient (hopefully) cured as patient case isn't true osteoarthritis and is hesitant to label patient arthritis as a vaccine injury. The pain in my hips isn't letting me sleep tonight, so I thought I would share a redacted version of the email patient sent.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.