Can I take painkillers before or after a COVID-19 vaccine? | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Marilynn Marchione February 04, 2021 - 12:00 AM Can I take painkillers before or after a COVID-19 vaccine? It's best to avoid them, unless you routinely take them for a medical condition. Although the evidence is limited, some painkillers might interfere with the very thing the vaccine is trying to do: generate a strong immune system response. Vaccines work by tricking the body into thinking it has a virus and mounting a defence against it. That may cause arm soreness, fever, headache, muscle aches or other temporary symptoms of inflammation that can be part of tha...