There is not enough research that shows that taking medicines that can not be used without the counter before or after the vaccination of COVID19 can lead to negative side effects, but a local medical profession says if one has mild symptoms experience, it is best to stick it out and not take medication at all.
“When you get the vaccine, you want the inflammation to go as high as possible because it leads to a reaction,” said Robert Martinez, medical director of DHR Health. “If you give a means to block the reaction, you can change your reaction for a short time.”
Martinez explains that anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen may make the vaccine less effective if taken before or after taking a dose.
“Theoretically, it could happen,” Martinez said. “I think we do not know enough now. Many of these things are minor aches and pains that are going to go away, and maybe it should not be prolonged for more than a few hours or half a day or something. They say so that if you can stick it out, it’s probably better to stick it out. ‘
Martinez says so far, DHR has not seen any cases of severe reactions to COVID-9 vaccines from their vaccination clinics or hospital patients.
The only known side effects are arm pain, headache and chills. Martinez adds that if you have received a COVID-19 vaccine and the pain is a nuisance or unbearable, there are safer alternatives than over-the-counter medication.
“There are pain medications that are not anti-inflammatory, and that is Tylenol,” Martine said. ‘Tylenol is more of an anti-piretic, completely different mechanism of action that will lower fever and is a painkiller, but does not necessarily affect your immune system through anti-inflammatory pathways. “
If your vaccination symptoms last for more than a day and a half, or if you have questions about how the vaccine responds to certain medicines, you should consult your primary care physician.