Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUX
Symptoms: Drug dependence, Herpes zoster, Memory impairment, Pain, Pancreatitis acute
Clinical narrative: acute pancreatitis; addiction to Lyrica; memory problems; shingles; unbearable pain; Initial information was received on 01-Oct-2021 regarding an unsolicited valid Social Media serious case from a consumer/non-health care professional.   This case is linked to 2021SA332856 (same reporter).  This case involves a female patient (age unspecified) who experienced acute pancreatitis (pancreatitis acute), addiction to lyrica (drug dependence), memory problems (memory impairment), shingles (herpes zoster) and unbearable pain (pain) after receiving INFLUENZA VACCINE and while treated with PREGABALIN [LYRICA].  It was unknown if the patient had any medical history, concomitant disease, or risk factor.  The patient medical treatment(s), vaccination(s), concomitant medication, and family history were not provided.  On an unknown date (few years before), the patient received a dose of suspect INFLUENZA VACCINE produced by unknown manufacturer [lot number and expiry date not reported] via an unknown route in unknown administration site for prophylactic vaccination.  On an unknown date (few years before), the patient developed a serious acute pancreatitis (pancreatitis acute) (unknown latency) following the administration of INFLUENZA VACCINE. This event was assessed as medically significant.  On an unknown date, the patient received a dose of suspect INFLUENZA VACCINE produced by unknown manufacturer [batch number and expiry date not reported] via an unknown route in unknown administration site for prophylactic vaccination.  On an unknown date, the patient started taking LYRICA (PREGABALIN) (dosing regimen not reported) for an unknown indication.  On an unknown date the patient developed a serious addiction to Lyrica (drug dependence) (unknown latency) following the administration of PREGABALIN. This event was assessed as medically significant.  On an unknown date, the patient developed a non-serious shingles (Herpes zoster), unbearable pain (pain) and memory problems (memory impairment) (unknown latency) following the administration of INFLUENZA VACCINE and PREGABALIN  The reporter's mother contracted Shingles after a flu shot. She was going on 3 years of unbearable pain now, with a major addiction to Lyrica that was exasperating her memory problems. She also came down with acute pancreatitis right after a flu shot a few years before that but they did not make the connection until they started researching the connection between flu shots and Shingles (it is more common than they want to know). The reporter preferred to have the flu for a few days than acute pancreatitis and shingles.  It was unknown if the patient experienced any additional symptoms/events.  There was no lab data/results available.  It was not reported if the patient received any corrective treatment for the events.  At time of reporting, the outcome of events was unknown.  Information on the batch number was requested for this case.; Sender's Comments: This case involves a female patient who experienced pancreatitis acute, drug dependence, memory impairment, herpes zoster and pain after vaccination with INFLUENZA VACCINE (unknown manufacturer) and after receiving treatment with PREGABALIN [LYRICA] (other manufacturer). The time to onset is unknown. There is no further information regarding patient's medical condition at time of vaccination, medical history and laboratory tests ruling out alternate etiologies. Based upon the reported information, the role of a vaccine and suspect product cannot be assessed.