Which jab did you have - Astra Zeneca or Pfizer? And what side effects?
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an ting!
I take Vit D daily and have done for ages, at the moment I feel like after one of those nights out where you’re sore from banging off things, sore head, hot etc.. haven’t had a drink in ages, I’ll just have the vaccine every week to remind myself what it was/can be like lol.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Yes I take it daily too and only really had a day of feeling rough and I was feeling rough anyway. I'd imaging gentlegreen would be a good indicator because I think he takes vit D too.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Yes - fairly consistently for a few months now - about 1250 IU per day - plus multivits / vitamin C.
What interests me mostly is whether people who literally got "the flu" with this vaccine, like me tend to be totally floored by viruses for 3 or 4 days - or more - and not suffer low-level "cold" symptoms... or even much in the way of secondary symptoms at all...
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I take vitamin D daily, Pfizer no side effects.
So does gf. AZ yesterday. Hasn't been to sleep for 24 hours but absolutely fine.
So does gf. AZ yesterday. Hasn't been to sleep for 24 hours but absolutely fine.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Vit D is primarily useful for prophylaxis against respiratory infection, covid 19 being one such primarily airborne diseases. Eating vit d tabs is pretty much useless to help manage covid symptoms in real time - it takes nearly a week before it is in a usable form - you need either to have been taking them for a fair amount of time prior in order to ensure beneficial levels in the blood or get hold of some oral calcifediol ( the product after the livers processing, prior to the kidneys activating it) calcifediol Calcifediol (vitamin D) appears to improve outcomes in COVID-19 - Hospital Healthcare Europe
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I had the Astra whatsit and exactly the predicted side effects of aches, feeling off etc. That all went after about 2 days and was nothing too problematic. I've also had a bit of a sore arm which, oddly, hasn't receded. Presume the flu like stuff is an immune response whereas the arm thing may be different, as in just a physical thing at the site of the jab?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Guess its an inflammatory response to the injected material, and the immune system doing it's thing.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
I've just had my jab (AZ) this past hour and I take Vit D daily so I'll report back in 24 hours to see if it gave me much in the way of side effects.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Fever ?Feeling lousy as fuck here, arm is proper sore still, head is banging even after paracetamol and aches all over
I'm not worried or owt, it just sucks.
Take it easy mate. I hope you're tucked up in bed.
For after I've been done next Thursday, I've made sure to be keeping plenty of Ibuprofen easily to hand ..... 
I haven't needed any of that hard drug
for weeks, because my back pains have been absent for ages ... 
But I expect I'll need Ibuprof post-vaccine, to start with!
I haven't needed any of that hard drug
for weeks, because my back pains have been absent for ages ... But I expect I'll need Ibuprof post-vaccine, to start with!
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Apparently not a good idea. There's tentative evidence that ibuprofen might interfere with the immune response the vaccine needs to occur. I've seen similar reference to avoiding paracetemol as well, but less so and the information sheet they give you says take it if needed.For after I've been done next Thursday, I've made sure to be keeping plenty of Ibuprofen easily to hand .....
I haven't needed any of that hard drug
But I expect I'll need Ibuprof post-vaccine, to start with!
Can I take ibuprofen after Covid vaccine? Effects of taking painkillers before and after receiving jab explained | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)
OK Wilf , thanks for that warning 
I've just read the link. I had no intention anyway of taking anything before the jab-- doing so beforehand never even occurred to me.
But I'll make damned sure (now!) not to neck any ibuprofen aftwerwards, either.
I'd like to avoid needing to take any painkillers at all.
We do have paracetamol in the house if absolutely necessary, but I've never liked it.
I've just read the link. I had no intention anyway of taking anything before the jab-- doing so beforehand never even occurred to me.
But I'll make damned sure (now!) not to neck any ibuprofen aftwerwards, either.
I'd like to avoid needing to take any painkillers at all.
We do have paracetamol in the house if absolutely necessary, but I've never liked it.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
It was a case of 'university of urban' for me, I remembered this post by 2hats:OK Wilf , thanks for that warning
I've just read the link. I had no intention anyway of taking anything before the jab-- doing so beforehand never even occurred to me.
But I'll make damned sure (now!) not to neck any ibuprofen aftwerwards, either.
I'd like to avoid needing to take any painkillers at all.
We do have paracetamol in the house if absolutely necessary, but I've never liked it.
Some evidence that NSAIDs may modulate antibody response to both SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations. The timing of use of NSAIDs during infection may need to be carefully considered. The impact of NSAIDs on the breadth, potency, and durability of infection and vaccine immune responses warrants further investigation.
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00014-21
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Dampen the Cytokine and Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Identifying drugs that regulate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and its symptoms has been a pressing area of investigation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which are frequently used for...jvi.asm.org
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
No need to wait 24 hours I feel like shite. Just a very heavy, achy feeling like you get when you first come down with something. A bit brain foggy and with very heavy eyes. Just finished work and now going to bed. I'm relieved to have had it though.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And just to play with these figures for a minute.
Of Urbz responding to the side-effects questions in a measurable way... (sample size 103)
...you have a roughly 50/50 chance of experiencing some side effects/no side effects (the percentage is actually 53.4/46.6)
But, for any side effects, this reduces roughly to a 1 in 3 chance if you had Pfizer (19 out of 54 reports) and increases to a roughly 3 in 4 chance if you had Astra Zeneca (36 out of 49 reports).
For extended side effects beyond 48 hours the figures are roughly a 1 in 13 chance of this happening. 1 in 18 for Pfizer. 1 in 10 approx for Astra Zeneca.
Oxford being the shit one.
Of Urbz responding to the side-effects questions in a measurable way... (sample size 103)
...you have a roughly 50/50 chance of experiencing some side effects/no side effects (the percentage is actually 53.4/46.6)
But, for any side effects, this reduces roughly to a 1 in 3 chance if you had Pfizer (19 out of 54 reports) and increases to a roughly 3 in 4 chance if you had Astra Zeneca (36 out of 49 reports).
For extended side effects beyond 48 hours the figures are roughly a 1 in 13 chance of this happening. 1 in 18 for Pfizer. 1 in 10 approx for Astra Zeneca.
Oxford being the shit one.
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apart from a slightly sore arm and very slight aches.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Generally, doesn't the yellow card scheme tend towards the under-reporting of minor side effects? Some people won't know how to do it or just wouldn't think about it in terms of minor issues. I've certainly never done it, though I have mentioned a couple of things to my GP over the years, who may have done the necessary.And just to play with these figures for a minute.
Of Urbz responding to the side-effects questions in a measurable way... (sample size 103)
...you have a roughly 50/50 chance of experiencing some side effects/no side effects (the percentage is actually 53.4/46.6)
But, for any side effects, this reduces roughly to a 1 in 3 chance if you had Pfizer (19 out of 54 reports) and increases to a roughly 3 in 4 chance if you had Astra Zeneca (36 out of 49 reports).
For extended side effects beyond 48 hours the figures are roughly a 1 in 13 chance of this happening. 1 in 18 for Pfizer. 1 in 10 approx for Astra Zeneca.
Oxford being the shit one.
Not sure where they are deriving the list and likelihood of side effects for with regard to covid vaccines? Presume it will be a mixture of yellow card reports and data from the trials.
Adverse reactions to drugs | Medicines guidance | BNF content published by NICE
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I've been really pleased with the posts on here regarding people reporting what they felt as a side effect and what they were voting in the poll. I haven't seen one post where I thought 'no don't do that, that's wrong'. And while there's obvious under-reporting here because there's 103 votes on the poll and 121 jabs, that under-reporting should be evenly spread because of the randomness, the no choice, in what drug was given.
And it is showing, fwiw, that AZ gives far more side-effects than Pfizer, in this sample. And that might say all sorts of things. I think it blows the theory of "I'm having side-effects, so it's working". Unless Pfizer turns out to be the shit one of course...
And it is showing, fwiw, that AZ gives far more side-effects than Pfizer, in this sample. And that might say all sorts of things. I think it blows the theory of "I'm having side-effects, so it's working". Unless Pfizer turns out to be the shit one of course...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
you might think so with a foreign body invading the nucleus- though the spike proteins appearing on the surface of the infected cell presumably should be sufficient to cause rapid cell autophagy ...
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
Had the AZ first dose yesterday. Had a really bad night, fever, sweating. Dosing up on (alternating) cocodomol and ibuprofen. Dragged my sorry arse into work 2 hours late but boss is very understanding. Don't plan on doing much work (am a caretaker at a school in co Durham), it's pretty chilled there.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Same.
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