Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine and Influenza like illness - a phase IV clinical study of CDC and FDA data

Summary:

Influenza like illness is found among people who get Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, and in the first week of getting the vaccine.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people get Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine and have Influenza like illness. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 401,887 people who have side effects when getting Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine from the CDC and the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.

Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.


On May, 30, 2023

401,887 people reported to have side effects after getting Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine.
Among them, 4,031 people (1.0%) have Influenza like illness.


What is Influenza like illness?

Influenza like illness is found to be associated with 2,715 drugs and 1,807 conditions by eHealthMe.

Number of reports submitted per year:

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Time to have Influenza like illness from when people get Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine *:

  • on the same day: 35.94 %
  • in the first week: 50.39 %
  • in the first 30 days: 6.42 %
  • after 30 days: 7.25 %

Gender of people *:

  • female: 68.43 %
  • male: 31.57 %

Age of people *:

  • 0-1: 0.07 %
  • 2-9: 0.18 %
  • 10-19: 2.43 %
  • 20-29: 7.58 %
  • 30-39: 16.33 %
  • 40-49: 19.29 %
  • 50-59: 21.54 %
  • 60+: 32.58 %

Did people recover *:

  • yes: 44.98 %
  • no: 55.02 %

Death as an outcome *:

  • yes: 0.5 %
  • no: 99.5 %

# of vaccine dose *:

  • 1: 37.15 %
  • 2: 49.62 %
  • 3+: 13.23 %

Common side effects people have besides Influenza like illness *:

  1. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 1,493 people, 37.04%
  2. Pain: 1,474 people, 36.57%
  3. Headache (pain in head): 1,380 people, 34.23%
  4. Fever: 1,374 people, 34.09%
  5. Chills (felling of cold): 1,125 people, 27.91%
  6. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 675 people, 16.75%
  7. Pain In Extremity: 566 people, 14.04%
  8. Muscle Aches (muscle pain): 519 people, 12.88%
  9. Joint Pain: 494 people, 12.26%
  10. Weakness: 450 people, 11.16%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.


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How the study uses the data?

The study is based on data from the CDC and the FDA.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 600+ medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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