Received Sep 22, 2025
| Type | Name | Manufacturer | Dose | Lot | Route / Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLU3 | INFLUENZA (SEASONAL) (FLUZONE) | SANOFI PASTEUR | 1 | — | IM / RA |
Two days after receiving the flu vaccine injection, I noticed some soreness in my right shoulder. I had felt this kind of discomfort in my shoulder before, either after very strenuous activity the day before that worked that arm hard or after injuries to that shoulder. I was feeling pain when moving my arm, particularly if I lifted it, for example, above my head. I?m 61 now and am used to feeling soreness or pain after a day of hard physical activity, especially in the areas of my body that were stressed the most. But what puzzled me this time was that I hadn?t done anything physically strenuous in the previous few days. So the pain I was feeling, though I had felt it before, was unexpected. The next day the pain in my right shoulder worsened. Since I have had aches and pains before, I figured I must have aggravated my shoulder somehow. Sometimes when I sleep on my shoulder wrong, it can be sore the next day. But I remember thinking that I had been sleeping well and hadn?t felt I had slept wrong on my shoulder at all. Plus, I sleep on my left side only and this was my right shoulder causing me pain. Throughout the day I would take breaks to try to stretch out my shoulder some, moving through full range of motion slowly, particularly above my head. This was painful, but I figured it would help keep it from getting tight, getting worse. It was at this point that I wondered if my flu shot could be causing this problem. The pain in my right shoulder is still present and my range of motion is still limited.
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hypertension
Metoprolol ER Succinate, Triamterene, Amlodipine Besylate
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None yet, it's only been a couple of days, most of that over the weekend.