Pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine and Chills: What Users Say

• Bar...
• August 14, 2018

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "Fever, chills, chest and back pain plus slight dizzy feeling. Before taking this pneumonia 23 vaccine, the person should be advised of side effects. I'm on the 5th day, and I am still quite ill! Would not advise anyone to subject themselves to this. Have never had any reaction to a vaccine until now."

• Tmo...
• October 28, 2015

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "I got the injection on a Thursday, and it was very sore, hard to lift things. I got chills, along with back pain. Also, the following Tuesday, I was at work, and I got this intense itchy feeling at the injection site. When I checked it, I had a huge, red, hard, half-dollar-sized welt on the injection site. When I checked it again on Wed., I saw it had doubled in size. I have been icing it and going to see my doctor if I wake up this Thursday and it still hurts and has gotten larger."

• JLT...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 30, 2021

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "I had a flu vaccine in my left arm and pneumovax in my right on 1/23/21. I have never experienced this much pain from a vaccine before. About 6 hours after the injection, my arm started getting hot and hard at the injection site. That night, I couldn't sleep at all because of the fever, chills, and pain. I was afraid I had a bad reaction and needed to go to the emergency room. I have alternated Tylenol with ibuprofen every 4 hours, but it doesn't help much. It's still very sore, and I hope it gets better each day. I would not advise anyone to get this injection unless absolutely necessary and no alternative. If I had been advised that I would have this much pain, no way would I have subjected myself to this."

• Bee...
• August 23, 2020

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "I had pneumococcal vaccine 1 week ago, and I continue to be tired and weak, fever, chills. I have never felt this awful from a vaccine. Also, I have felt very sore in my muscles and arms even though the injection was in my thigh!!!"

• Ube...
• April 24, 2021

Pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine for Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "Yesterday I got the second Pneumovax 23 in a series. No arm pain, but uncontrollable chills, hyperventilating, nausea, headache, and exhaustion. Day 2 not much better, here’s to a better Day 3."