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Report #2867300

Received Oct 21, 2025

Hospitalized
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
Age unknown
State
WA
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Oct 13, 2025
Onset
Oct 14, 2025
Days to onset
1
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PNC21PNEUMO (CAPVAXIVE)MERCK & CO. INC.UNKZ009681—

Symptoms (3)

DizzinessHeadacheVision blurred

Symptom narrative

Pharmacist calling to report a patient with a tdap allergy was administered CAPVAXIVE. Patient is experiencing blurred vision, dizziness and headaches. Caller reports no serious side effects. The CAPVAXIVE was administered on 10/13/2025 and the side; headaches; dizziness; This spontaneous report was received from a pharmacist and refers to a 70-year-old male patient. The patient's medical history and concomitant therapies were not reported. As concurrent conditions were reported cardiovascular disorder (reported as "cardiovascular") and high blood pressure. Historical drugs included Tdap (Diphtheria vaccine toxoid;Pertussis vaccine acellular;Tetanus vaccine toxoid), Sulfa (Sulfanilamide), and Contrast media (Contrast media) all presented with allergy reactions. On 13-Oct-2025, the patient was vaccinated with a dose of Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine(CAPVAXIVE) (lot #Z009681, expiration date: 22-Oct-2026) (anatomical location and administration route were not reported) as prophylaxis. On 14-Oct-2025 (reported as "until the next day"), the patient experienced blurred vision, dizziness and headaches. On the same date (14-Oct-2025), the patient was hospitalized due to the events. The reporter did not have information on the name or location of the hospital. At the reporting time, the patient had not recovered from headache, blurred vision or dizziness. The causality assessment between the events of headache, blurred vision and dizziness and the vaccination with Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine(CAPVAXIVE) was not provided.

Current illness

Blood pressure high; Cardiovascular disorder