Age: 77.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS, VARZOS
Symptoms: Back pain, Computerised tomogram normal, Dyspnoea, Feeling abnormal, Injection site pain
Clinical narrative: she says it is hard to hold onto anything; it hurt so bad; reports she has been "miserable; she lost her breath/This loss of breath has improved some, but she is still having trouble today; The muscles in her arm hurt; she hurts in her back on the right; when she went to lay down, she could not/she says it is hard to hold onto anything; the muscles in her arm hurt, especially where she got the shot (the injection site); The patient reports she thinks the administrator at the pharmacy hit her bone when administering the injection; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via call center representative and described the occurrence of injection site pain in a 77-year-old female patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) (batch number 9277T, expiry date 16-AUG-2025) for prophylaxis.   On 13-SEP-2023, the patient received the 1st dose of Shingrix (intramuscular, left arm). On 13-SEP-2023, an unknown time after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced wrong injection technique (Verbatim: The patient reports she thinks the administrator at the pharmacy hit her bone when administering the injection). On 14-SEP-2023, the patient experienced injection site pain (Verbatim: the muscles in her arm hurt, especially where she got the shot (the injection site)), pain (Verbatim: it hurt so bad), feeling miserable (Verbatim: reports she has been "miserable), difficulty breathing (Verbatim: she lost her breath/This loss of breath has improved some, but she is still having trouble today), myalgia upper extremities (Verbatim: The muscles in her arm hurt), back pain (Verbatim: she hurts in her back on the right) and mobility decreased (Verbatim: when she went to lay down, she could not/she says it is hard to hold onto anything). On an unknown date, the patient experienced injected limb mobility decreased (Verbatim: she says it is hard to hold onto anything). The outcome of the injection site pain, injected limb mobility decreased, pain, feeling miserable, myalgia upper extremities and back pain were not resolved and the outcome of the difficulty breathing and mobility decreased were resolving and the outcome of the wrong injection technique was unknown.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the injection site pain, injected limb mobility decreased, pain, feeling miserable, difficulty breathing, myalgia upper extremities, back pain and mobility decreased to be related to Shingrix.     It was unknown if the company considered the injection site pain, injected limb mobility decreased, pain, feeling miserable, difficulty breathing, myalgia upper extremities, back pain and mobility decreased to be related to Shingrix.   Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 27-DEC-2023 The reporter was a patient that received the Shingrix in her left arm, she thought in the muscle and reported she had been miserable ever since. The patient reported that starting the next day, when she went to lay down, she could not and she lost her breath because it hurt so bad. This loss of breath has improved some, but she was still had trouble today (on the day of reporting). The patient reported the trouble lying down had gotten better, but still has not gone as of today (till the time of reporting). The patient reports starting, she hurts in her back on the right and left side, and the muscles in her arm hurt, especially where she got the shot (the injection site). The patient's back and arm still hurt today (on the day of reporting) and she said it was hard to hold onto anything. The patient reported she thought the administrator at the pharmacy hit her bone when administering the injection, wrong injection technique. The patient reported she did try physical therapy and it did not help. The patient also reported she did saw a doctor for all this and they did a computed tomography CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), stomach scan to make sure her liver, gall bladder and pancreas were ok, and performed X-Rays, and the doctor could not find anything wrong with her. The patient had no overnight stays for any of the doctor visits. The patient did report this to Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The reporter consented to follow up.