Drug details

Pfizer Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine (covid-19 vaccine)

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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is an unapproved vaccine that may prevent COVID-19. There is no FDA-approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • nausea,
  • fever,
  • chills,
  • joint pain,
  • headache,
  • fatigue,
  • muscle pain,
  • feeling unwell (malaise), and
  • injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness),
  • swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy)
The following drugs are related to Pfizer Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Bebtelovimab (bebtelovimab)
  • Regen-Cov (casirivimab and imdevimab injection)
  • Comirnaty (covid-19 vaccine, mrna for injection)
  • Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (covid-19 vaccine)
  • Novavax (covid-19 vaccine for intramuscular injection)
  • Spikevax (covid-19 vaccine, mrna suspension for injection)
  • Evusheld (tixagevimab injection; cilgavimab injection, copackaged for intramuscular use)
  • Gohibic (vilobelimab injection)
  • Lagevrio (molnupiravir)
  • Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets)