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2021-04-09
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-13
Registered in v-safe
2021-04-13
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Muscle spasms, Pre-existing disease, Sciatica — Feeling: Poor · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ive been having severe sciatic pain since I got my first Pfizer vaccine. I had a disc herniation a few years ago that resulted in sciatic pain, but was able to manage my pain since then. I havent had sciatic pain in probably over a year to two years. I first had muscle spasms after the injection and then developed joint pain, then the sciatic pain.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-14
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Sciatica, Sleep disorder — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Still have sciatic pain reported yesterday. Ive been nursing the pain with PT and hot/cold compress which has eased the pain but its still there. I wake up most miu its due to pain.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-15
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Pain, Sciatica — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Sciatic pain is still present. This is day 6 after my injection. I keep nursing the pain and inflammation with hot/cold compress which is helping.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-19
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2021-04-24
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-30
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-05
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-07
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-14
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-21
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-04-09	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-30	Pfizer-BioNTech

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Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-04-13

Systemic reaction (other): Ive been having severe sciatic pain since I got my first Pfizer vaccine. I had a disc herniation a few years ago that resulted in sciatic pain, but was able to manage my pain since then. I havent had sciatic pain in probably over a year to two years. I first had muscle spasms after the injection and then developed joint pain, then the sciatic pain.

2021-04-14

Systemic reaction (other): Still have sciatic pain reported yesterday. Ive been nursing the pain with PT and hot/cold compress which has eased the pain but its still there. I wake up most miu its due to pain.

2021-04-15

Systemic reaction (other): Sciatic pain is still present. This is day 6 after my injection. I keep nursing the pain and inflammation with hot/cold compress which is helping.

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
SRO	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Muscle spasms	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pre-existing disease	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Sciatica	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Sleep disorder	✓	✓	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release