Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Therapeutic response unexpected
Clinical narrative: after the first shot of the vaccine she started feeling better; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team for a Pfizer sponsored program (159558). The reporter is the patient. Other Case identifier(s): US-PFIZER INC-202100951579 (Pfizer).  A 71 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 12Mar2021 (Lot number: EN6206, Expiration Date: 30Jun2021) at the age of 71 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Type 1 Diabetes" (ongoing), notes: Verbatim:Type 1 Diabetes; "COPD" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: COPD; "Emphysema" (ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Emphysema; "Asthma" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Asthma. The patient took concomitant medications. There was no prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks)within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine The following information was reported: THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (non-serious) with onset 14Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "after the first shot of the vaccine she started feeling better".   Additional information: The patient was deathly sick for years and years, started feeling better after first dose of the Covid Pfizer Shot . After second dose felt even better; taken off of nebulizers, barely has to use inhalers. After second shot taken off lots of meds and has stamina and energy that is through the roof. Felt like a new person stated she was a walking miracle. Concomitant medications included prednisone taken from an unspecified start date to Mar2021; montelukast, benzonatate (TESSALON), Insulin Pump, Nebulizer treatments last administration on unspecified date in 2021 and several Inhalers. Dates for Deathly sick for years and years, started feeling better after first dose of the Covid Pfizer Shot from: 14Mar2021 to ongoing. Dates for after second dose felt even better; taken off of nebulizers, barely has to use inhalers and taken off lots of meds, Feels like a new person, has stamina and energy that was through the roof and she was a walking miracle from Apr2021 to ongoing. The patient was taking other Products. The start and stop dates for concomitant products Montelukast for breathing, Tessalon Pearls, Insulin Pump and Several Inhalers were unspecified. Nebulizer treatments start date was unspecified and stop date was 2021. Prednisone was started on unspecified date and stop in Mar2021. Reporter stated that she would start with Prednisone 1 tablet a day instead of 2 and taper down from there. Reporter stated that she was calling about the Covid Pfizer Shot. Said that she has talked to several people but she just needs Pfizer to know. After the second shot she felt even better. Her doctor took her off of her nebulizers. She barely uses her inhalers. She was taken off a lot of her medications. Her stamina and energy is through the roof. Stated she feels like a new person. Before the shot she used to cough 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Stated she needs Pfizer to know how much the shot has changed her life. Stated she was a whole different person. Reporter stated it was so wonderful. Years and years she was so sick and sometimes couldn't even walk and now she was better. Said that she was a walking miracle. Stated this was not a side effect, it was a miracle. Reporter did not have her HCP's contact information available at this time. She said that she had an appointment with him coming up. Said that she was seeing him soon and had to tell him that all of this good news, she feels was from the Covid Pfizer Shots. Reporter mentioned that for months she had finally a real life. Since she got the vaccines in March and April everything had improved in her body and in her life. Stated she started feeling better at least 2 days after the first dose of the Covid Pfizer shot. Within a week she did not connect that it may be from the shot. After the second dose of the Covid Pfizer shot she states she knew it was from the shots. Reporter said that she was so sick all of the time that she was not going to get the Covid Shot. She talked to her friends and they talked her into it. Stated she did not know it would be so wonderful. Reporter did not want to go through all of her concomitant medications, stated it was a lot of medication. Stated she was on several inhalers, been on at least 20 different inhalers; sometimes taking 2-3 of them at the same time. Stated she did not have to do that any longer. She was on nebulizers, Tessalon Pearls, and Montelukast generic for Singulair. Reporter stated earlier in call that she had Asthma, COPD, and Emphysema; mentions that she had never smoked. Reporter also stated she had Type 1 Diabetes and her body makes no Insulin. Stated she wears an insulin pump and has a Dexcom. While discussing labs the reporter stated the the doctor would give her a prescription for Prednisone in case she needed it. Stated that she did not take it exactly as prescribed because it would make her blood sugar be in the 800's. Stated that it made her A1c be high on her last blood work. Reporter had an unopened bottle of the Prednisone, which she was prescribed 12 tablets at a time; it is a pharmacy bottle, No NDC, Lot Number, or Expiry Date known by the caller. She stated she was supposed to start with 2 tablets a day and taper down but that she would instead start with 1 tablet a day and taper down. Stated she had not needed to take this medication since Mar2021.Reporter stated that her last labs were very very good other than her A1c which was high. Stated that was because she had been taking Prednisone as mentioned. Reporter denies any testing or treatments relevant to report. Reporter stated that she may have went to her diabetic doctor since these events occurred, but it was just for her usual check up. Stated she was seeing doctors rather regularly because she was so sick. Stated she hasn't seen one since her vaccines that she can recall. Upon follow up swap from FC - First time caller/consumer had chronic fatique, COPD and asthma and since getting the covax series feels like a like new person and feels wonderful. Dates for got entirely better, no more coughing, strength came back from 12Mar2021 to ongoing. Reporter needed to know who to talk to, states in Mar2021, she got a shot, and in Apr she got a shot, clarifies that this is the Pfizer Covid vaccine, states prior to the vaccines for years and years and years she has been sick and she still exercises, but she has asthma, COPD, and she has never smoked, but that she coughed 24/7, states she was on nebulizers, inhalers, was on stuff for cough, stated once she got the shot she got better. States she got entirely better, no coughing, not on nebulizer anymore, still does the inhalers sometimes, states this lasted for months and now it was all starting to come back. Reporter stated she just turned 72, was 71 at time of vaccines. Reporter stated she does sometimes 5 gym exercises classes a day, she would just suffer through them. Reporter stated she had an appointment coming up in a couple of days, states her doctor thinks it was a new inhaler that fixed her, she did not realize it was the shots that did it. Reporter stated she had called a lot of numbers to get this far. She called a huge amount of numbers. Reporter would like to know how she can sign up to get more vaccinations if possible. She was calling with the question of "was there a program to receive the vaccine multiple times a year. Reporter stated that she does not use the computer nor did she had a cell phone so the phone number would work best for her to contact someone. Reporter who was now 72-year-old, received her Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine when she was 71-year- of age and had unexpected side effects where her health conditions and symptoms seemed to drastically improve. She had donated her nebulizer machines to the Health Clinic and they were so happy she said. Patient reports her sick symptoms having been resolved for several months since getting the shot, however they are starting to slowly return and she wants to see about a booster dose. The reporter stated she would like to be able to get 2 doses per year of the vaccine. This vaccine had changed her life and she stated she was such a happy and healthy person.    No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected