There were 802 reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines



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During this time, people were vaccinated with three vaccines currently available on the Lithuanian market. There were 585 notifications for Comirnaty, 34 notifications for COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, and 172 notifications for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca. The name of the vaccine was not provided in the 11 RNA reports received.

760 messages are classified as mild to moderate and 42 as severe. Women reported more CNS than men, 730 and 71 reports, respectively. The gender of a notifier was not specified. The age range of people with CNS is 19 to 87 years. The number of reports received from health professionals is 112, from patients – 687; 3 notifications received from the Eudravigilance database.

The main reports reported to the Office by people vaccinated against COVID-19 were pain at the injection site, swelling, redness at the injection site, arm pain, chills, headache, rash and fever. The most common of these reactions was mild to moderate and resolved within a few days.

The SCCP recalls that the Summary of Product Characteristics and the package insert for registered COVID-19 vaccines include recommendations and precautions to be followed by healthcare professionals and patients to use the vaccines safely and effectively. As with all medicines, data on vaccine use is constantly monitored. Every COI report for COVID-19 vaccines received by ICD is carefully evaluated and all necessary steps are taken to protect patients.

The SCCP also notes that health professionals (doctors, nurses) have been informed of the suspected adverse reaction as soon as possible, but no later than 15 days after the suspected adverse reaction to the vaccine and / or or has received the information. a Suspected Adverse Reaction (ADR) form to ICD Healthcare or pharmacist. You can report:

  • completing the form directly online.
  • filling out a notification form for professionals (available here) and sending an email. by email [email protected].
  • Users themselves can also record side effects of vaccines. The notification can be sent in the following ways:
  • filling in the form directly online;
  • by filling out the Patient Notification Form (available here) and emailing it to [email protected]);
  • freephone 8800 73568.

When sending a notification about a TIR, IWT does not need to provide your personal data, IWT only asks for contact information so that it can be contacted if necessary. All data provided in the report is secure and confidential. If a patient does not want to report CPR themselves, they can ask someone else, such as a healthcare professional or pharmacist, to do so. However, the Office needs to know the age and sex of a person who has experienced an ICE, as this information is important to investigate and evaluate the factors that can lead to certain patients with ICE.

Keep in mind that fluctuations in the number of adverse reactions to the vaccines you receive are directly related to the number of vaccines administered that week. The more vaccines are given, the more reports there are. From the data provided, we are unable to estimate which vaccine produces the most adverse drug reactions, as the manufacturer consumes very different amounts of vaccines.



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