Report #2849175

Received Jul 10, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Unknown
Age: Age unknown
State: —
Recovered: Unknown
Vaccinated: —
Onset: —
Days to onset: —
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARZOS	ZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)	UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER	2	UNK	—

Symptoms (1)

Pain

Symptom narrative

I have sourness after the 2nd shingle shot; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of pain in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received the 2nd dose of Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, an unknown time after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced pain (Verbatim: I have sourness after the 2nd shingle shot). The outcome of the pain was not reported. It was unknown if the reporter considered the pain to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the pain to be related to Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date:01-JUL-2025 This case was reported by a consumer via (Shingrix GSK Chatbot) interactive digital media. The reporter asked if he/she should take ibuprofen when he/she had sourness after the 2nd shingle shot.