As the COVID vaccination effort in the United States continues to gain momentum, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC recently warned that anyone preparing to be vaccinated should not take painkillers such as Advil, Motrin or Tylenol before their consultation. The underlying reasoning is that these drugs can prevent COVID vaccines from working exactly as intended. While there is no conclusive evidence that this is the case with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the CDC and Fauci are naturally failing alongside caution.
“There are data in the literature on vaccines, long before COVID-19 and almost all [done] in children, that premedication with [fever-reducing drugs] like paracetamol or ibuprofen, decrease the antibody response to the first dose of the vaccine, ”said Dr. David Cennimo to Miami Herald a few weeks ago.
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Commenting on the subject, Dr. Fauci said recently:
The mixed advice is based on the fact that there is very little data on this. I mean, if you’re going to take something that suppresses an immune response, then, obviously, you don’t want to take something like that.
Something that is a true anti-inflammatory, like one of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, should not be administered.
Consequently, the CDC currently discourages taking medications before being vaccinated if the only objective is to try to prevent the manifestation of side effects.
However, if you are already taking a medication like Tylenol for an existing medical condition, as directed by your doctor, health experts say you should stick to the regimen.
It is also important to note that taking post-vaccination Tylenol Advil is perfectly acceptable, with the CDC noting:
Antipyretic or analgesic medications (eg, paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) can be taken to treat local or systemic post-vaccination symptoms, if clinically appropriate. However, routine prophylactic administration of these drugs for the purpose of preventing post-vaccination symptoms is currently not recommended, because information on the impact of such use on antibody responses induced by the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is currently unavailable. .
Being aware of these guidelines is becoming more important as the vaccination effort in the United States is about to go at a high speed. Last week, Pfizer and Moderna pledged to increase their cumulative vaccine shipments to 140 million doses before April.
“Due to the extreme need to vaccinate more people, we increased the production of doses,” Pfizer business director John Young said to Congress a few days ago.
The promise of Pfizer and Moderna, coupled with the fact that Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine recently received a US from the FDA, points to a huge increase in vaccinations in the coming weeks. As it stands now, more than 51 million Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while approximately 26 million have received both doses.
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A longtime Mac user and Apple enthusiast, Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the technology industry in general for over 6 years. His writings were published in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK and, more recently, TUAW. When not writing and analyzing the latest events with Apple, Yoni enjoys watching Improv shows in Chicago, playing football and cultivating new addictions to TV shows, the most recent examples being The Walking Dead and Broad City.