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Report #2842964

Received May 28, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
Age unknown
State
—
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Jun 14, 2024
Onset
Jun 14, 2024
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (SHINGRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALSUNKUNK—

Symptoms (3)

Limb massMobility decreasedPain in extremity

Symptom narrative

Arm hurts to sleep on it. Lean on it. Starts to feel like I have been punched in the arm. Received pusical therapy discontinued therapist said it wasn't helping; Limited range of motion; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer and described the occurrence of pain in arm in a 63-year-old male patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) for prophylaxis. Concomitant products included loperamide hydrochloride (Lopermide). On 14-JUN-2024, the patient received Shingrix. On 14-JUN-2024, an unknown time after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced pain in arm (Verbatim: Arm hurts to sleep on it. Lean on it. Starts to feel like I have been punched in the arm. Received pusical therapy discontinued therapist said it wasn't helping) and mobility decreased (Verbatim: Limited range of motion). The outcome of the pain in arm and mobility decreased were not resolved. It was unknown if the reporter considered the pain in arm and mobility decreased to be related to Shingrix. It was unknown if the company considered the pain in arm and mobility decreased to be related to Shingrix. Additional Information: GSK receipt date: 26-MAY-2025 The reporter reported that the arm hurts to sleep on it, lean on it. Started to feel like he had been punched in the arm. Received physical therapy discontinued therapist said it was not helping. Therapist tried several therapist said she felt something lime a knot in my shoulder that did not change. Several weeks of therapy only yielded temporary relief. Therapist said she would continue for the temporary relief a couple more weeks he wanted for temporary relief but did not expect any long term benefits from it. The duration of relief was not worth the trip to the office so it was discontinued. This had been ongoing for almost a year now. He could not sleep without being woke up constantly due to pain in his arm from laying in it and he tend to move on it in his sleep.

Other medications

LOPERMIDE