Report #2855526

Received Aug 25, 2025

Office visit

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 65 yrs
State: NJ
Recovered: Unknown
Vaccinated: Aug 23, 2025
Onset: Aug 25, 2025
Days to onset: 2
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARZOS	ZOSTER (SHINGRIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	1	4ZS72	IM / LA

Symptoms (4)

Injection site indurationInjection site massInjection site pruritusInjection site swelling

Symptom narrative

Patient presented to the pharmacy on Monday 8/25/25 around 3pm, stating that she is experiencing an allergic reaction to the Shingles vaccine that was administered on Saturday 8/23/25. She stated that her arm was "extremely itchy and it felt like a ball was under the vaccination site". Her left upper arm appeared swollen and hard to touch. The band-aid from Saturday still remained on and the area around it was swollen. The area of her skin under the band-aid was red in color and around 2x1 inch in size. The Pharmacist notified her primary care doctor, and he advised us to tell her to come in to the office so that it can be examined. After examination, he determined that it was indeed an adverse reaction to the vaccine and proceeded to prescribe the patient Prednisone 20mg tablets and Betamethasone Dipropionate 0.05% ointment.

Current illness

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Medical history

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Other medications

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Allergies

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