The vast majority of vaccines administered against the coronavirus are safe and endorsed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the different national organizations. However, and as a precautionary measure, side effect alert and communication systems are vital to continue learning about the effect of these drugs against covid-19.
What is the procedure to follow if I get vaccinated and start to feel adverse effects? In each vaccine they can be completely different, but reactions such as general malaise, headaches or even a few tenths of a fever are usually quite common in the notifications that are given of the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Just as, if we feel any secondary or adverse effect, we will have to contact our health center or reference hospital, depending on the severity of the reaction, so that they can provide us with health care. The first thing, above all, is to guarantee the safety of the patient.
Once that aspect has been addressed, the incident must be reported. Both health professionals and citizens must inform the Spanish System of Pharmacovigilance of Medicines for Human Use (SEFVh), something that can be done at the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products. The goal is to collect information that will help in the ongoing monitoring of vaccines and ensure safety. The form must include the following information:
-Personal data: name, surname, sex, age and other contact information. The more detailed this information is, the better.
-Reaction data: a description, the more detailed the better, of the symptoms that have led you to suspect.
-Vaccine data: the name of the medicine or vaccine that is believed to have caused the episode should appear here, as well as other related products that you might also suspect.
-Other medications: report the drugs that have been taken in the last three months. It is a way of delimiting the possible relationships between drugs and their possible effects.
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products has registered on its website the most frequent adverse reactions of AstraZeneca (), Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen () vaccines.
How can I be aware of symptoms with AstraZeneca?
It is the topic of conversation due to the cancellation of the administration in half of Europe and , but thrombi are a very insignificant adverse reaction. The normal thing is pain and discomfort in the puncture area, headaches, fever or tiredness, and generally only in the days immediately after the puncture.
How can I notice the symptoms with Pfizer?
It was the one and, therefore, the one with the most history. The balance is positive and without major problems. are pain or swelling in the arm from the puncture, tiredness, headaches, muscle or joint pain, fever or nausea.
How can I notice the symptoms with Moderna?
The vaccine from the American company and is used identically to that of Pfizer, since they are based on the same method. Its side effects are pain, redness or swelling in the puncture area, chills, tiredness and headache.
How can I notice the symptoms with Janssen?
It has not yet begun to supply in Spain, but to do so in our country. The side effects that have been reported are pain, redness and swelling in the area of the puncture, headaches, fatigue, fever or nausea.
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