Age: 52.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Anxiety, Asthenia, Blood pressure increased, Blood pressure measurement, Blood test
Clinical narrative: Goosebumps tingly sensation in head; Blood pressure and palpitation/heart rate/heartbeat is getting higher and higher.; Blood pressure and palpitation/heart rate/heartbeat is getting higher and higher.; feeling weak; Heaviness in the head; Feeling anxiousness in the brain; Localized soreness and pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer reported for himself. A 52-year-old male patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) on 24Jan2021 18:00 (Lot number: EL9263) via unspecified route of administration in the left upper arm at SINGLE DOSE for COVID-19 Immunization. The patient's medical history included ongoing diabetes (Due to diabetes has low testosterone), High cholesterol both from 2005, Colitis ulcerative from 1999, Glaucoma from 2010, Enlarged prostate gland from 2018 and Chronic sinus infection, Acid reflux and GERD from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. The concomitant medication included Janumet (Metformin hydrochloride/sitagliptin) ongoing for diabetes mellitus at (50/1000 one tablet twice daily), amoxil (amoxicillin) for low testosterone via topical route at 4 pumps, azelastine at two sprays twice a day for chronic sinus infection, crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) ongoing at 5 mg once a day blood cholesterol increased, tamsulosin ongoing at 0.4mg once a day for enlarged prostate gland, dexilant (dexlansoprazole) at 30 mg once a day for acid reflux and GERD, lialda (mesalazine) ongoing at 4.8 mg, once a day (1.2gram 4 tablets once a day) for colitis ulcerative, canasa (mesalazine) ongoing 1 g once a day (at night time) for colitis ulcerative, timolol ongoing at one drop both eyes at once a day for glaucoma, lumigan (bimatoprost) ongoing for at one drop both eyes once a day for glaucoma, melatonin ongoing at 5mg once a day for insomnia, zyrtec (cetirizine hydrochloride) ongoing at 10 mg (on of them) for insomnia, xanax (alprazolam) 1 mg at 1mg at night time and 1 mg as needed for generalized anxiety and blood pressure, 5-hydroxytryptophan ongoing at 100mg for anxiety, carvedilol ongoing at 25 mg, once a day (12.5mg in the morning 12.5 at night) for blood pressure measurement, valsartan ongoing at 160 mg, once a day (160mg one tablet once day in the morning) for blood pressure measurement, hydrochlorothiazide tablet ongoing at 12.5 mg, once a day for blood pressure measurement, Vitamin E at 400 international units; one capsule once a day, ongoing ambozil for low testeterone, clonidine ongoing at 0.1 mg as needed for blood pressure measurement. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect: None, this was the first dose. No other vaccine administered on the same date. The patient had no events prior vaccination within 4 weeks. In all his life. He had vaccines that received and had no adverse event or side effect whatsoever. He had had the regular flu vaccine early November. The patient experienced feeling anxiousness in the brain, Heaviness in the head, feeling weak in Feb2021, Localized soreness and pain in Jan2021, Goosebumps tingly sensation in head, Blood pressure and palpitation/heart rate/heartbeat is getting higher and higher on 04Feb2021. The patient could not take Benadryl as he cannot tolerate Benadryl. With Zyterc he does not have secondary effects like he does with Benadryl. The first week after getting the vaccine he only had kind of had localized soreness and pain in the area. He later clarified it was in the area where got the injection, vaccine. He just had pain soreness in that area. Other than that he had no side effects at that time. The third week, initially stated as, about 5-7 days ago he started to have a feeling of anxiousness in the brain. He could feel anxiousness and sensation in his brain that he did not feel before. It was like he had the flu kind of thing, but he did not have a temperature. However, the feeling is in his head. It is like heaviness feeling from the flu in his head. He has been having the heaviness in the head feeling for 4-5 days. He later further clarified and initially clarified the localized pain and soreness was noticed the second day, the day after getting the vaccine. This only lasted a few days. He does not remember exactly when this ended. He did not take anything for the localized pain and soreness in the same area as the injection. He confirmed he has recovered completely from this event. Caller further clarified the feeling of anxiousness started Thursday or Friday of last week, maybe 05Feb2021. Stated it was like this feeling is getting worse and worse. Stated it was hard to explain, but he started to feel a goosebumps tingly sensation in his brain in head, in scalp Thursday of last week first. It started with that and slowly over the past few days it has changed and transformed into this heaviness feeling that one would feel from the flu, but he has no fever or anything; it is just in his head. Also, along with that feeling at the same time his blood pressure and palpitation/heart rate/heartbeat was getting higher and higher. His regular blood pressure medications won't work anymore to bring it down. His blood pressure typically ranges in the 130/85 or less range with all the blood pressure medications he was taking. Once he started having this tingling sensation in his head he had the higher blood pressure and higher heart rate. Now his blood pressure would average being about 170/110 to 180/115. This was like the upper and lower range. His heart rate was typically around 70-75 and now it goes about 80-85. Later during call, he also added, every six months or so his blood pressure may be elevated on these medications. Sometimes his blood pressure was not maintained by the three different blood pressure medications he takes. He was also prescribed two other medications for emergent use Clonidine and Xanax. Usually every six months he would have to take Clonidine and Xanax and typically in an hour to two hours the blood pressure would come down and it's good. However, this time, he took two Clonidine and Xanax starting last Thursday when had the high blood pressure episode and they were failing to bring the blood pressure down. He further explained it would bring it down for some time, but then it would go back high. The Clonidine is no longer working for the last six days. When probed for labs/testing he sated he could not work anymore due to the events reported. He was feeling weak. He could not really walk. He took time off from work. He went to see his primary care provider on Monday. On Monday the doctor doubled the dose of Carvedilol. Since then instead of taking 12.5 twice a day, he is now taking 25mg twice a day. On Tuesday, yesterday, he went to get blood work done. Blood was drawn but has no results yet. Localized pain and soreness time of onset didn't remember, stated he may have had a little pain right after getting the vaccine, but it was around 21:00 25Jan2021 he really noticed the soreness and pain. The following morning around 9 AM it woke him from his sleep and he could feel it more compared to the first day. Anxiousness in the brain around 16:00. The patient had no emergency visit. Stated he almost felt like going when his blood pressure was 182/116 on Saturday night of last week. He was about to go to the ER but decided not to. He ended up taking two Clonidine and one Xanax, laid down, and eventually his blood pressure came down a little. Therefore, he did not go. The patient had physicians office visit. After getting the vaccine he mentioned started to have a feeling of anxiousness in the brain that was getting worse. He could feel anxiousness and sensation in his brain that he did not feel before. Also, his blood pressure and palpitation/heart rate/heartbeat was getting higher and higher. His regular blood pressure medications won't work anymore to bring it down. Later during call, he also added, every six months or so his blood pressure may be elevated on these medications. Sometimes his blood pressure was not maintained by the three different blood pressure medications he takes. He was also prescribed two other medications for emergent use Clonidine and Xanax. Clonidine: 0.1mg only during times he has episodes of high blood pressure. Usually every six months he would have to take Clonidine and Xanax and typically in an hour to two hours the blood pressure would come down and it's good. However, this time, he took two Clonidine and Xanax starting last Thursday when had the high blood pressure episode and they were failing to bring the blood pressure down. It would bring it down for some time, but then it would go back high. The Clonidine was no longer working. The patient experienced side effects on the 3rd week after getting vaccinated and had already made a report. The patient's second dose was scheduled for 21Feb2021 which was 28 days after the first dose. The outcome of the event Feeling anxiousness in the brain was not recovered, Localized soreness and pain recovered in 2021 and outcome of other events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.;