US regulator expands list of side effects of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

The pharmaceutical regulator has warned that patients may experience heart side effects after vaccination, but such cases are rare.Previously, WHO was interested in cases of myocarditis after the use of drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has added warnings about possible rare side effects on the heart to the accompanying documentation of the Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, according to the regulator's website.

“Today, the FDA is announcing changes to Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech patient and provider fact sheets. These covid-19 vaccines suggest an increased risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart) following vaccination.

For example, patients are advised to seek immediate medical attention if they experience chest pain, shortness of breath, or a sensation of rapid heartbeat, fluttering, or pounding.

The agency clarified that for 300 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines used in the United States, about 1.2 thousand cases of myocarditis and pericarditis were registered. About 300 more people under the age of 30 ended up in hospitals, but almost all of them were discharged after the examination.

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The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are two of three drugs approved in the US - the country also approved a one-component vaccine from the American Johnson & Johnson.

Earlier it was reported that the World HEALTH Organization (WHO) will study whether there is a connection between cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and vaccination against CORONAVIRUS with a drug from Pfizer / BioNTech. According to WHO spokeswoman Mariangela Simao, information about such cases comes from the United States and Israel. “We are monitoring through the Strategic Advisory Group on Vaccine Safety,” she said.

In the winter of 2021, health authorities in various countries recorded other side effects of using Pfizer. For example, in Israel, 13 people experienced mild facial paralysis after vaccination. In the Netherlands, some have experienced allergies and edema.

In December, the NYT reported the first reported case of an acute allergic reaction in the United States to Moderna. Complications appeared in a DOCTOR from Boston a few minutes after he was injected with the drug. The man's heart rate doubled, his heart rate doubled, cold sweat appeared, his tongue became numb, and his blood pressure dropped. It turned out that the patient had a severe allergy to shellfish, according to him, the symptoms that appeared after the vaccination were the same as the reaction to this allergen. In March, American doctors reported that in some cases, patients may experience skin inflammation after the first dose of the vaccine.

According to WHO data, as of June 25, the United States ranks first among countries in the world in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus infection - more than 33 million people, as well as the number of deaths - about 600 thousand people. During the day, 14.2 thousand new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country, another 355 people died.

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