Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Ageusia, Lethargy, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: Could not taste/ loss of taste; sore arm/Left Arm Hurts like Hell; Lethargic; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient himself) via a medical information team. A 67-year-old male patient received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: EW0182), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 18May2021 at 11:00 (at the age of 67-year-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient's medical history included ongoing COPD, ongoing bad back, ongoing esophagus blockage, toe operation (he had a toe operation, and he could not walk), he could not walk (he had a toe operation, and he could not walk), took out his gall bladder (then they took out his gall bladder and his lungs are hanging where his gall bladder was), lethargic before because of my medicine, make him loopy. Concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EW0171), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 27Apr2021 (at the age of 67-year-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Patient's medical history (including any illness at time of vaccination) was none. Family medical history relevant to adverse events was none. Adverse events following prior vaccinations was none. Prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks) was none. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect was none. States Dr. would know additional information for other conditions when that started. Caller states he was going next Thursday for his esophagus because something was wrong with it. Caller states last night he wasn't swallowing because the food was stopping at his throat because of the blockage, so he drank 6 cans of Pepsi to blow it through. States on Monday, he was going for COVID test, because they won't take him unless he has the test. Caller states last time he went to hospital for breathing, they made him suck 2 nebulizers and then he did two on his own and sat down and relaxed and he was okay after that. It was reported that, patient received both doses of the vaccine the first dose was on 27Apr2021 and the second dose was on 18May2021. Patient was lethargic on an unspecified date in 2021 and was lethargic before because of my medicine. Now patient could not taste on 19May2021, and patient have a sore arm on 19May2021. Enquired was loss of taste from the vaccine or not. Caller states yesterday, he got his second one and today he has no taste. Caller states he was also lethargic, and he wants to know if that was part of it or not. Lethargy adverse event: Caller states the lethargy was from all of the medication he was on and he has had it for a while. Caller states he doesn't know exactly when it started. Caller states the drugs he was on make him loopy but states he has been functioning. Caller verifies it was not from the COVID Vaccine, he had it before, but he was still experiencing it. Caller states his doctor was trying to balance the drugs in him. States his primary has taken him off one and put him on half another. States when he got up this morning, he said whoa, he thought he saw blood out of his eye, but nothing was there. Caller states his doctor told him not to take the Prednisone one day and not to take another one at night. Names of Medications, NDC, Lot, Expiration: Unknown. He states a company puts his pills in a pack and he was supposed to take them, but they screwed up on this last one. Call handler asks for clarification on what he means by the screwed up on the last one and he clarifies by saying his doctor has been trying to get the right pills for him because he has COPD, a bad back, he had a toe operation and he could not walk, then they took out his gall bladder and his lungs are hanging where his gall bladder was. Left Arm Hurting like Hell adverse event: States he called some friends and they said, oh that was normal it would go away. No taste adverse event: Caller states he said what was this soda and said was in this because he couldn't taste it and he can't taste his cheese noodles or coke or anything he has tried to eat today. No investigation assessment. The adverse events did not require a visit to emergency room and physician office visit. No treatment medications was received for the adverse events. The events were considered as non-serious by the consumer. The outcome of the event could not taste/ loss of taste was not recovered and recovering for the other events.  Follow up activities has been requested.