Did your covid jab react badly with your arthritis meds?

hannah07

Hi everyone, I’ve only been taking sulfasalazine for four days for my recently diagnosed RA and today I had a very strange day, I have felt fine until this morning when I started to feel sick and had terrible stomach pains, I spent the rest of the day being sick (yellow like the tablet) (sorry for too much information)! And trying to cope with crippling stomach cramps. I am wondering if I have had a negative reaction to the drug itself in which case I am scared to take it tomorrow or could it be a reaction that my drugs have had with the covid jab I had on Sunday night? Has anyone else had a bad reaction after having the vaccine? I can’t work out if it’s that or if the medication doesn’t agree with me. Keen to hear of any similar experiences. Hannah

Shaphron

Hi@hannah07

I've had a look around, and we had a discussion back in February where a bunch of people reported when they had a covid vaccination. No-one seemed to report any bad side-effects beyond some aching for a couple of days after. Have a read yourself!

Hi all I've just received a text inviting me to go and get the vaccine I'm just in two minds what to do I didn't expect to be able to get it yet any advice please would be appreciated x<\/p>","bodyRaw":"[{\"insert\":\"Hi all I've just received a text inviting me to go and get the vaccine I'm just in two minds what to do I didn't expect to be able to get it yet any advice please would be appreciated x\\n\"}]","format":"rich","dateInserted":"2021-02-12T11:29:03+00:00","insertUser":{"userID":115894,"name":"Jewels","url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/profile\/Jewels","photoUrl":"https:\/\/w0.vanillicon.com\/v2\/03ce3ff2a0e84fa2e14e4bd6d3fb7948.svg","dateLastActive":"2022-07-22T10:52:45+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false},"displayOptions":{"showUserLabel":false,"showCompactUserInfo":true,"showDiscussionLink":true,"showPostLink":true,"showCategoryLink":false,"renderFullContent":false,"expandByDefault":false},"url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/discussion\/53590\/covid-vaccine","embedType":"quote","name":"Covid vaccine"}"> https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/53590/covid-vaccine

So I'd think that we're good! There was also some question over the vaccination efficacy if you have immuno-suppprescent drugs, which I believe the helpline team answered well. Have a look at this discussion:

Hello, I have rheumatoid arthritis and am on methotrexate 25mg per week. I had my first vaccination jab (Astra Zeneca) over 3 weeks ago at the beginning of March. I am in the Biobank study group and I was offered a blood test to check for Covid antibodies. I did my test yesterday and it was negative for antibodies. I've read the responses to the question below from someone else on the same subject and I am very worried that this means the vaccine hasn't worked and I'm not protected against covid, particularly with lockdown easing and infection rates expected to increase. I have been searching this evening trying to find some guidance about this on the NHS website etc and there doesn't seem to be any. So far as I know I won't be offered another antibody test by Biobank so what should I do? Just assume I am not protected? I live on my own and have been very isolated for the last year and the thought of having to carry on like this when everyone else is able to start meeting up etc is very hard. Can anyone give me some advice on this? Thanks.<\/p>","bodyRaw":"[{\"insert\":\"Hello, I have rheumatoid arthritis and am on methotrexate 25mg per week. I had my first vaccination jab (Astra Zeneca) over 3 weeks ago at the beginning of March. I am in the Biobank study group and I was offered a blood test to check for Covid antibodies. I did my test yesterday and it was negative for antibodies. I've read the responses to the question below from someone else on the same subject and I am very worried that this means the vaccine hasn't worked and I'm not protected against covid, particularly with lockdown easing and infection rates expected to increase. I have been searching this evening trying to find some guidance about this on the NHS website etc and there doesn't seem to be any. So far as I know I won't be offered another antibody test by Biobank so what should I do? Just assume I am not protected? I live on my own and have been very isolated for the last year and the thought of having to carry on like this when everyone else is able to start meeting up etc is very hard. Can anyone give me some advice on this? Thanks.\\n\"}]","format":"rich","dateInserted":"2021-03-30T06:45:11+00:00","insertUser":{"userID":116973,"name":"Rosiepup","url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/profile\/Rosiepup","photoUrl":"https:\/\/w8.vanillicon.com\/v2\/810e67525cfa795b8d0ebfb67efc409c.svg","dateLastActive":"2022-05-17T14:49:25+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false},"displayOptions":{"showUserLabel":false,"showCompactUserInfo":true,"showDiscussionLink":true,"showPostLink":true,"showCategoryLink":false,"renderFullContent":false,"expandByDefault":false},"url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/discussion\/53969\/no-covid-antibodies-after-vaccination","embedType":"quote","name":"No Covid antibodies after vaccination"}"> https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/53969/no-covid-antibodies-after-vaccination

I hope this helps!