Which jab did you have - Astra Zeneca or Pfizer? And what side effects?

[trashpony]

I had my Astra Zeneca at 1.30 today. Instructions (on boards at the NHS centre) were to not drive for at least 15 minutes.

Felt knackered about 4pm and had a snooze but that's always a bit of a low point for me. My arm isn't sore but I didn't feel the needle going in really - I give blood so it was much less uncomfortable than that.

Will see how I get on in the next few days

 

[danny la rouge]

Has your 5G reception improved yet?

No, but my glasses pick up Canal+.

 

[planetgeli]

One thing I've noticed about that poll is how about the last 20 people reporting on the effects have all been Astra Zeneca. So I guess we're a bit low on the Pfizer. Hopefully not too low as I get my second lot tomorrow.

 

[kropotkin]

Just had my second dose of Pfizer. First one I got a sore arm, we'll see what this one results in! Expecting to get sick for a day.
I'm on a day of leave, but went straight from the vaccine to cover a shift as a mate had to go home and isolate... Feel OK so far.

 

[MrSki]

I had the AZ on Saturday evening. Been taking temp every few hours & went from 37.2 at about 4pm & is now 38.1 & am feeling a bit shitty. Just taken a paracetamol & hoping that helps & it doesn't last too long.

ETA I have about 2kg of liquid paracetamol left over from my brother so won't need to pop down the chemist.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Just had my second dose of Pfizer. First one I got a sore arm, we'll see what this one results in! Expecting to get sick for a day.
I'm on a day of leave, but went straight from the vaccine to cover a shift as a mate had to go home and isolate... Feel OK so far.

My SiL had a sore/dead arm after her first dose of Pfizer before Christmas, it was bad enough to keep waking her up at night, she had her second dose last week, arm was mildly sore, but nowhere near as bad, and no other side effects, so hopefully it'll be the same for you.

 

[Spymaster]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

 

[danny la rouge]

Posted this on wrong thread:

No side effects to report thus far (Astra Zeneca late afternoon yesterday). Very slight ache in arm this morning, but less than I've experienced from annual flu jag. Nothing I'd mention normally, but for science reporting it here.

 

[cupid_stunt]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

Doesn't appear to be down to local authority areas, or at least not around here, where both are being used, it started off a bit random, but does appear to have settled down to the Pfizer one being used mainly at the larger vaccination centres & hospitals, the GP hubs & smaller vaccination centres seem to mainly use the Oxford/AZ one.

 

[Sue]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

Seems to depend on what they've got. A friend went to the local GP vaccination centre on a Monday and got AZ. I went to the same place on the Tuesday and got Pfizer so .

 

[20Bees]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

I had the AZ at Superdrug and they said that’s the only one they can do as they don’t have the extremely cold storage for Pfizer. A few people in the village have had theirs at a local health centre and roughly equal numbers have had Pfizer and AZ, depending which day they went.

 

[LDC]

I had the AZ at Superdrug and they said that’s the only one they can do as they don’t have the extremely cold storage for Pfizer. A few people in the village have had theirs at a local health centre and roughly equal numbers have had Pfizer and AZ.

Don't need to have the extreme cold storage at venues giving the Pfizer, we give it at a GP surgery without that, the transport and storage just gets managed so it's OK. But yeah, places like Superdrug seem to give AZ/Ox only.

 

[StoneRoad]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

The GP led hub that my household went to for first jabs, my OH got Pfizer, the other two both had AZ - at (approx) the same time.
Five days later, I went to the same PCC and got AZ as well.

 

[Spymaster]

It does eem very random then.

We got texts earlier inviting us to book jabs at the GP's surgery. Mrs Spy was urged to call them first because she's had occasional anaphylactic shocks. She just called them and was just told to make the doctor aware that she's had reactions before, which sounds like pretty lame advice.

Anyone else been in a similar situation?

It's the AZ vaccine.

 

[cupid_stunt]

It does eem very random then.

We got texts earlier inviting us to book jabs at the GP's surgery. Mrs Spy was urged to call them first because she's had occasional anaphylactic shocks. She just called them and was just told to make the doctor aware that she's had reactions before, which sounds like pretty lame advice.

Anyone else been in a similar situation?

It's the AZ vaccine.

I remember reading that some people have experienced anaphylactic shocks after having the Pfizer jab, hence they monitor you after the jab, I don't think that has happened after the Oxford/AZ jab, where you are not monitored, but just advised not to drive for 15 minutes, IIRC.

This link could be helpful -

Vaccinating against covid-19 in people who report allergies

Most patients can be reassured and vaccinated Use of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine in people with a history of severe allergies was temporarily stopped in the UK after two healthcare workers experienced anaphylactic reactions in early December. The Medicines and Healthcare Products...

www.bmj.com

 

[girasol]

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[cupid_stunt]

It does eem very random then.

We got texts earlier inviting us to book jabs at the GP's surgery. Mrs Spy was urged to call them first because she's had occasional anaphylactic shocks. She just called them and was just told to make the doctor aware that she's had reactions before, which sounds like pretty lame advice.

Anyone else been in a similar situation?

It's the AZ vaccine.

Just tried to call you, but it went to voicemail, free feel to call me back.

Been talking to my SiL, retired from the NHS having spent most of her life working in or running labs, she's been upgraded from a jabber to doing all the pre-checks at a vaccination centre, because of her background & training.

She says the Oxford/AZ vaccine is the recommended one for anyone that's had anaphylactic shocks before, and it's a question that's asked during the pre-check, so just make sure Mrs Spy is ready with all information about pervious anaphylactic shocks, so that a proper risk assessment can be made. They have done ten of thousands of jabs at her centre, including people that have had anaphylactic shocks before, without a single issue.

Because she's had anaphylactic shocks before, she will be asked to hang around after the jab for 15 minutes, like everyone is with the pfizer jab, just in case of a highly unlikely event, they are trained to spot it, they have the kit to deal with it, and the likes of her & on site doctors & nurses are trained to handle it.

HTH

 

[muscovyduck]

It's beginning to hit me now. Exhausted accompanied with that weird feeling around the top of the mouth - anyone else get this when they're ill or on the cusp of sleep? Bit of a headache forming.

 

[planetgeli]

Really good programme on Radio 4 right now all about the side effects of the vaccine. Inside Health.

Talking about the possibility of the need for a third jab for the immunosuppressed.

 

[muscovyduck]

Okay so what happened today was that I was mildly ill, then because of my health problems I didn't handle it very well, then got really scary ill for a couple hours there and am now back to mildly ill. If you're someone with mh/neurology/cfs/diabetes types of issues my advice is to not wing it, give yourself a couple days to plan things if you can. do strict meal planning from about 48 hours before you're due to get the vaccine to get any sugar or caffiene overload out your system, figure out what you're going to occupy yourself with when you get ill, that sort of thing. A lot of the health problems on the clinically vulnerable list are exhaserbated when you get ill - that's why they're on there.

 

[Hollis]

I had the AstraZeneca today, or "Oxford" as they called it before I had it... Had it about 6 hours ago - and zero side effects.. In fact I'd completely forgotten I'd had it!

The clinic was worringly half-empty and the nurses commented that they were fighting over patients..

 

[mx wcfc]

Mrs mx had her first jab today. AZ, nothing to report side effects wise so far.

She went to the same local GP led place I went to. I had Pfizer there a month ago. She asked why they had switched to AZ, and they said they were holding the Pfizers they had back, presumably so that people like me who had the Pfizer jab there will get the same one when we go back for our second.

 

[Ms Ordinary]

It does eem very random then.

We got texts earlier inviting us to book jabs at the GP's surgery. Mrs Spy was urged to call them first because she's had occasional anaphylactic shocks. She just called them and was just told to make the doctor aware that she's had reactions before, which sounds like pretty lame advice.

Anyone else been in a similar situation?

It's the AZ vaccine.

My dad was booked for his vaccine back in December, it was cancelled a day or two before as he's had anaphylactic shocks. I think the first news reports about very occasional problems came out between the booking & the cancelling, so it seemed to be cancelled out of excessive caution which pissed him off a bit, as he'd never had a bad reaction to the flu vaccines. (He's 84 so has been having flu vaccines for years).

Rebooked for AZ vaccine in January, no problems.

 

[Wilf]

Okay so what happened today was that I was mildly ill, then because of my health problems I didn't handle it very well, then got really scary ill for a couple hours there and am now back to mildly ill. If you're someone with mh/neurology/cfs/diabetes types of issues my advice is to not wing it, give yourself a couple days to plan things if you can. do strict meal planning from about 48 hours before you're due to get the vaccine to get any sugar or caffiene overload out your system, figure out what you're going to occupy yourself with when you get ill, that sort of thing. A lot of the health problems on the clinically vulnerable list are exhaserbated when you get ill - that's why they're on there.

Hope you are feeling better now, that sounds really shitty.

Must admit, I did a bit of searching before having the jab about any potential interaction with medical conditions I have (fybromyalgia and an underactive thyroid). There didn't seem to be any, but the situation is ready made for nagging anxieties. Suppose it's ultimately a case of whilst they might not have mapped the side effects for every pre-existing condition, the overall benefits of the vaccine and the need to gets as many doses into arms wins out. For me, ultimately, the potential interactions of the vaccine with the conditions I have are not as bad as it would be getting Covid with those same conditions.

Edit: just read that back and it sounded a bit preachy towards you muscovyduck. Wasn't intended, I was just airing my own anxieties.

 

[kropotkin]

It does eem very random then.

We got texts earlier inviting us to book jabs at the GP's surgery. Mrs Spy was urged to call them first because she's had occasional anaphylactic shocks. She just called them and was just told to make the doctor aware that she's had reactions before, which sounds like pretty lame advice.

Anyone else been in a similar situation?

It's the AZ vaccine.

Unless its to a constituent of the vaccine then there is nothing else they can do other than be more vigilant they'd need to intervene in anaphylaxis

 

[girasol]

I had the AstraZeneca today, or "Oxford" as they called it before I had it... Had it about 6 hours ago - and zero side effects.. In fact I'd completely forgotten I'd had it!

The clinic was worringly half-empty and the nurses commented that they were fighting over patients..

For me it hit from about 12 hours after injection (the tiredness and weirdly sore teeth) - at which point I took paracetamol in the form of Lemsip. Hope you continued to be side effects free or at least that they were mild!

 

[t0bytoo]

Astra Zeneca vaccine yesterday and woke up aching and mildly man-flu like. Same as I felt this time last year which I (later) put down to mild covid.

 

[Teaboy]

Vaguely interesting article here which suggests age is a likely factor in whether you get side affects from the vaccine. Interestingly the younger you are perhaps the more likely you are to get a bit ill for a day or two. Obviously many other factors in play as ever.

Vaccine side effects: My experience of them and what they mean

Why do some people get side effects - and do they mean you have greater protection?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[8ball]

This may have been discussed but do we know how the vaccines are being rolled out vis-a-vis the type? Does it depend on local authorities as to whether one gets the AZ or Pfizer jab? Is it completely random etc ?

I was chatting to the staff about this when I had mine (partly idle curiosity and partly because I work in the area of pharma logistics). They said basically the first jab was determined by availability and supply chain concerns, and the second appointment was more defined ie. based on what people got for the first, with only one type of jab given on any particular day (presumably partly due to different storage setup and partly to reduce the chance of mixups).

 

[Spymaster]

I was chatting to the staff about this when I had mine (partly idle curiosity and partly because I work in the area of pharma logistics). They said basically the first jab was determined by availability and supply chain concerns, and the second appointment was more defined ie. based on what people got for the first, with only one type of jab given on any particular day (presumably partly due to different storage setup and partly to reduce the chance of mixups).

Can they be mixed?