why my shoulder STILL hurts after 2010 flu shot

My arm became red and swollen near the site of the "triple flu shot" by the following morning. I also had the shot for pneumonia and I have had severe low back pain ever since the following morning, 1 week ago today. Do I have any recourse against drug co.? I did not injure my back and have seen the chiropractor, at great expense and still off work.

After two weeks of extreme arm pain due to receiving the 2010 flu shot I googled: "Arm pain after 2010 flu shoot," and found this site...

The needle wasn't painful going in, but as the medicine entered my arm I felt immediate discomfort deep in my arm. It felt like they may have hit the tendon, or the feeling of a large amount of medicine being injected into the muscle to quickly. I immediately had the urge to rub my arm to distribute the medicine in the muscle, but the needle wasn't removed yet, so I didn't. I figured: It's a shot, your supposed to feel something.
I felt immediate soreness deep in my arm, and that soreness remains today two weeks later. I figured it would pass. It hasn't! My arm became very painful within hours of receiving the 2010 flu shot. I could barely raise my arm in any direction, nor extend it forward or back without extreme pain. My arm aches day and night, but movements like crossing my arm in front of my body, or pulling a shirt off over my head is so painful it's nearly unachievable and absolutely unbearable. The pain is constant in my upper arm, but extends up my neck, and down my shoulder blade in the back. It has not subsided, and the muscle at the site of my injection remains sore to the touch. (Two weeks later). The following day all my major joints were aching like toothaches. Thankfully that passed in about 5 or 6 days. No I did not have the live virus. I was perfectly healthy with no pain ANYWHERE 5 minutes before the shot.

I don't think it has anything to do with where I got the shot. (Hospital pharmacy) There is extra volume in the 2010 flu shot this year, because the excess 2009 H1N1 vaccines (no one would take last year) and they were incorporated into the vaccine of 2010.
I have not had a decent's night sleep, or a pain free day since the flu shot did this to my arm!

Who is giving these flu shots? Pharmacies have now allowed their pharmacy staff to give immunizations. Or the 'rent a nurse' folks have people who have not given injections in a very long time. The nurse in my MD office always leaves my arm aching for a week to two after each injection I've received.
If the injection site is bothersome or bruises, it most likely means the person giving the injection is not doing a good job and the muscle is either injured.

I just googled "recent flu vaccine induced arm pain" and it brought me to this site. I have most of the complaints listed, including, difficulty getting dressed, especially over-the-head hooded sweatshirt, toweling after a shower and trying to flat iron my hair. Hard to find a difficult position to sleep. Can not lean on left elbow. Tried heating pad and Advil with no success. Radiates down forearm and into neck. The nurse who administered the shot has given it to me for years. Did not hurt at the time of the vaccine, hours later it began to hurt and the next day, I felt like a had a stroke and couldn't lift it. Still hurting weeks later. I didn't know if I should rest it or work it. Looks like I better work it so it doesn't end up being a frozen shoulder. I tried to report it, had trouble at the site. Thank you for you post.

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