Received Mar 26, 2025
| Type | Name | Manufacturer | Dose | Lot | Route / Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNC20 | PNEUMO (PREVNAR20) | PFIZER\WYETH | UNK | — | RA |
she had severe joint pain in her back/pain; I cannot walk; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP from medical information team. An 83-year-old female patient received pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) (PREVNAR 20), on 18Mar2025 as dose number unknown, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 83 years, in right arm for immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "very long time diabetic" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: well controlled; "sciatic" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: ELIQUIS. The patient also took other concomitant therapy. The following information was reported: GAIT INABILITY (non-serious) with onset Mar2025, outcome "unknown", described as "I cannot walk"; ARTHRALGIA (non-serious) with onset 18Mar2025, outcome "unknown", described as "she had severe joint pain in her back/pain". Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of arthralgia. Additional information: The patient stated she was a very long time diabetic and on a few medications, but generally in pretty good health and her diabetes was well controlled. She had the pneumococcal 20 vaccine in the afternoon on Tuesday 18Mar2025. When she got home, she was fine and then in the evening, she had pain/severe joint pain in her back and the bottom of her back on the right side. She stated she thought it was possibly a sciatic which she had before and she just kind of ignored it. The next day, she was in extreme pain and she had never had the pain like that. She took a couple of TYLENOL which started to ease it. Caller states by Thursday the pain started on the left side which she had never had before and it has continually gotten worse. She took quite a few TYLENOL in the beginning which she shouldn't because she was on ELIQUIS (so she was very concerned about taking the Tylenol), but she took it anyway because the pain was so severe and now she was taking them sporadically and she was in terrific pain and it was not helping. She took from Wednesday to Thursday (19Mar2025 to 20Mar2025) about five TYLENOL. On Thursday afternoon, Thursday night it went to the other side from the right side to the left side which she never had before and now, she took some more TYLENOL, and she stopped taking them on Friday (21Mar2025), because she did not want to take anymore. On Sunday 23Mar2025, it was so bad that she had to start taking another TYLENOL at 6pm and she had to have another one in the morning (24Mar2025). The pain was so terrible that she cannot walk, and was in severe pain. She stated this all went on over the weekend. Other than the injection she had no idea why she was in such pain, but she looked at the website and saw that the side effect was joint pain. She was perfectly fine before the vaccination. The information on the batch/lot number for pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) will be requested and submitted if and when received.
Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: Diabetes (well controlled); Sciatica
ELIQUIS