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Reviewer: Ann, 75 or over
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I am a believer in vaccines but this one ppv23 knocked me for a loop. My doctor recommended it during a routine visit and by late afternoon my arm began to hurt and it turned out to be some of the worst pain I have experienced for many years. The pain was so intense that I was unable to sleep the first two nights, I felt sick and had chills and fever and then the pain moved down my arm and into my
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Reviewer: Jessica , 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Got the shot, wasn't hurting at all. Because of the pharmacist who knows how to inject. I swore didn't felt a bit of any pain. No arm pain no lumb where I've been injected. The only bad was muscle ache joints was painfull and headaches for the first 5 days. And I'm a smoker. I'm in better health now as before. And I was sick for months every year at the end of March phenomea at
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Reviewer: catgirl101, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I am 22 years old an got the vaccine bc of health complications I was having. My doctor told me I would be slightly sore. However, I was in intense pain for 3 days. I couldn't lift my arm or sleep on my left side. I have severe chills and body aches on day 2 as well. I am currently on day 4 of having the vaccine and my arm is still mildly sore with a hard bump at the injection site.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Severe arm pain, fever and chills. Never experienced anything like this. On day 2 and still painful but improving. Makes me 2nd guess my choice to get it. Thankfully I shouldn't have to get another one ever but I wouldn't get it anyway, never.
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Reviewer: K, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Received Thursday. 9am, by 2pm couldn't lift arm without quite a bit of pain. Thursday night barely slept body pain throughout. Sleep 60 min, up 90 min thru entire night. Extreme nausea and fever started by 4am. Fully medicated with both acetaminophen and ibuprofen piggyback I still ran a 102.6 fever majority of Friday. Thought of going to ER, heart palpitations too. Increase in pain in arm.
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