Pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine and Fever: 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."

• 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!!!"

• Mic...
• January 12, 2016

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "Aching all over, fever, headache, cannot move my arm, feels as if out of socket. Feels like flu symptoms."

• sky...
• June 7, 2019

For Pneumococcal Disease Prophylaxis "After this, I was very sick, could not talk, high fever, pain all over. I don't think I will be taking it again. Sick for 7 days."