Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: COVID-19, Diarrhoea, Drug ineffective, Dysgeusia, Dysphagia
Clinical narrative: Covid positive; Covid positive; metal taste; diarrhea; difficulty swallowing; hard to breathe; sore throat; he already had high blood pressure; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 82 year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2) (Batch/Lot number: unknown) as dose 3 (booster), single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "open heart surgery" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: one of them is Amiodarone which he took 3-4 yrs ago after the open heart surgery.; "high blood pressure" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: I already have high blood pressure, but it didn't affect it at all. Concomitant medication(s) included: AMLODIPINE; AMIODARONE; LIVALO. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (1st dose), for Covid-19 immunization; Bnt162b2 (2nd dose), for Covid-19 immunization. The following information was reported: COVID-19 (medically significant), DRUG INEFFECTIVE (medically significant), outcome "unknown" and all described as "Covid positive"; DYSGEUSIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "metal taste"; DIARRHOEA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "diarrhea"; DYSPHAGIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "difficulty swallowing"; DYSPNOEA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "hard to breathe"; OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "sore throat"; HYPERTENSION (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "he already had high blood pressure". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: sars-cov-2 test: positive, notes: he's also gotten Covid positive via a home test.  Clinical course: The patient asked if Paxlovid can be an alternative for people who do not want to get Covid shots. The patient reported what's disappointing for me is there should be more available for more people. Referring to the availability of Paxlovid. It was reported that after taking Paxlovid, the amazing thing is after one day my sore throat and everything went away. By the end of the 2nd day he was fine, He was back to normal. It was reported that here you have to go through 5 days even if you're feeling good already. The patient wanted to know if he should still continue the 5th day even if he's already feeling well. The patient reported he had 3 shots of Covid vaccine, that he's not at all in bad health, and he was also gotten Covid positive via a home test. With this, it became hard for him to swallow and to breathe. He said he called a company online and there he was written a prescription for Paxlovid where he came to find out that not everyone has Paxlovid, just certain drug stores. Patient said lots of people should be able to have Paxlovid. The patient was fortunate enough to get it. It works fabulous. The patient wanted to know why would they not give it to everybody and Does it work for everybody. Patient reported that he had metal taste after taking Paxlovid and asked what the other side effects of the vaccines are. He read through the PI all the list of adverse effects and said "he already have high blood pressure, but it didn't affect it at all. I'm taking amlodipine and it didn't say anything about this. He had no side effects although I have a little diarrhea. Patient was 82 and this drug worked fine for him and worked very quickly. He stated that he's been taking Paxlovid and thought I might pass on info to Pfizer that might help them for other patients. Patient said I am 82 and I don't know if I should take it or not. I already been through 4 days with no side effects. I had an open heart surgery at one time. I thought this is interesting for them to know. He also added that in the PI, they listed the medications you should not be taking with Paxlovid and one of them is Amiodarone which he took 3-4 yrs ago after the open heart surgery. He said that after that he had not had any of those but he had also taken Livalo, a statin drug but stopped it while on Paxlovid. Caller said that after all these, he's had no side effects. Caller added he thought he'd be concerned that at 82 years old this might affect his liver but so far it had not. He said that if Pfizer is interested, he might have some questions they have which he'd already asked docs about but was only told that Paxlovid is an antiviral and did not expound on who should not take it. They only made it sound like it's a good medication to take and asked if this is a good medication to take. The patient read through the PI regarding patients with renal disease and said "I don't have kidney disease. Just wanted to let you guys know for me it's like a miracle drug, it worked so quick. On the 1st day everything's better and on the 2nd day it's all gone. The patient stated that he has gone through his fourth day. Stated that he is about to go through the fifth day and is having a metal taste and diarrhea. Mentioned that he previously had open heart surgery which is interesting for Pfizer to know. Stated that he had good results about Paxlovid. Stated that even though this was on that prescribing information that he would have liver issues that he did not have any issues. Stated that it was a miracle as it worked so quickly for him. Stated that he tested positive for Covid and was prescribed Paxlovid. Stated that when he had Covid he had difficulty swallowing and that it was hard to breathe. Stated that on the first day of taking Paxlovid that his sore throat and everything else went away. Stated that on the second day that everything was already fine and he was back to normal. He also reported that he received three shots of Covid vaccine and did not mention if it was from Pfizer. He already had high blood pressure but that it did not affect his total health condition.   The lot number for bnt162b2 was not provided and will be requested during follow up.