Don’t take pain relievers before Covid 19 vaccine...oops
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Anonymous
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Good bad I didn’t read this earlier. How did I miss it? I got my first dose yesterday and took two acetaminophen about a half hour prior. Oh well. I know for round 2.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/can-you-take-pain-relief-medications-before-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-2021-1%3famp Don't take pain relievers before your COVID-19 vaccine, experts say, warning it could make the shot less effective |
Anonymous
| *Too bad |
Anonymous
| And if you get a fever, unless it’s really bad, don’t take something to lower it. |
Anonymous
Got it. I was just thinking in the past my Dr had said I could take something when getting the flu shot, but now I know better. 😊 |
Anonymous
| I got Moderna today and I was never told any of this. Nor is it on the paperwork they gave me. It says to take Tylenol if achy or feverish. I am actually very sore, but I don’t typically take pain meds unless excruciating which this is not. Annoying but manageable.v |
Anonymous
| Our ped has always told us this before kid vaccines. I figured the same for adults. I’m sure it will be fine though, don’t worry. |
Anonymous
| fake news. |
Anonymous
Because there's really no reason to think it would have a significant effect. This guidance is being made out of an abundance of caution. They were studies on children that showed lower antibody levels if prophylactic antipyretics were administered, but still in the therapeutic range. Such an effect is somewhat expected, but is also expected to be small. Hospitals, for instance, will regularly offer up NSAIDs to staff when they go around with the mobile vaccination cart for the flu. I don't think there's a good reason *to* take these prophylactically, so I certainly don't plan to any anything before. But if end up waking up on the day of my vaccine appointment with a splitting headache, I'd take a couple Excedrin without a second thought. And if I start feeling bad after, then I'll know I'm already well into an immune response and wouldn't second-guess taking tylenol then. |
Anonymous
| I got the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine today at the hospital where I work. The nurse said we could take Advil or Tylenol if needed without detracting from the efficacy of the vaccine. |
Anonymous
| Anyone who has kids knows this already. Pediatricians have always said to wait until afterward. My kids are in their 20s now, and we were told this when they were infants. |
Anonymous
Yes, after, ideally 4+ hours after, and only if you have symptoms that warrant it. But never before the vaccine. |
Anonymous
This is accurate. So much misinformation out here. You can take Advil or Tylenol. |
Anonymous
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Half of you aren’t even reading the OP.
He/she says, and the studies say not to take tylenol or advil BEFORE a vaccine after is fine, which is what the nurses are telling you when you get the vaccine |
Anonymous
Yes. OP here (he). I know better now. I honestly don't even know why I decided to take it beforehand. It's not something I would typically do before any other vaccination like the flu shot which I get every year. I'm not really "worried" about it. It was more like a, "Dang. Too bad I didn't read this yesterday" reaction. |
Anonymous
| How far in advance beforehand should we refrain from taking pain relievers? Is the day prior to the vaccine okay? |