Received Feb 11, 2025
| Type | Name | Manufacturer | Dose | Lot | Route / Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARZOS | ZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME) | UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER | UNK | UNK | — |
Patient agonizing back pain and extremely painful; shoulder pains without the rash; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of back pain in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, an unknown time after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced back pain (Verbatim: Patient agonizing back pain and extremely painful) and shoulder pain (Verbatim: shoulder pains without the rash). The outcome of the back pain and shoulder pain were not reported. It was unknown if the reporter considered the back pain and shoulder pain to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the back pain and shoulder pain to be related to Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 16-JAN-2025 This case was reported by a patient via interactive digital media. The reporter reported that shingles was the form of same virus as chickenpox. The vaccine introduces a virus into your system in a small dose for the purpose of minimizing the effects if contract the illness but if had chickenpox, the virus was already introduced into body and no need for a vaccine. The patient had bad complications as extreme back pain and shoulder pains without rash from this vaccine since getting it five years ago from date of reporting. The reporter reported that virus lies dormant in body and rarely comes back in most cases but this was not the case with patient just info gave was told by physician. The follow-up could not be possible as no contact details were available.