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. 2022 Jul 1;12(7):e060425. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060425

Table 1.

Concomitant medications within spontaneous reports of myocarditis and pericarditis submitted to EudraVigilance for the European Union and European Economic Area only, following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

Tacrolimus Mycophenolate mofetil Methotrexate Ciclosporin Prednisolone HIV treatments Cancer treatments* Total†
Comirnaty
 Myocarditis 1 2 5 0 6 1 14 29
 Pericarditis 0 2 7 1 8 1 25 44
 Myopericarditis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Spikevax
 Myocarditis 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Pericarditis 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
 Myopericarditis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total*† 2 6 14 1 15 2 42 82

Reports of myocarditis or pericarditis were searched in the EudraVigilance database following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, either COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty). Medications were used as a proxy for immunocompromised subgroups: transplant recipients (tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, methotrexate, prednisolone, ciclosporin and steroids (including prednisolone)), HIV infection and patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Numbers in bold font represent totals.

*Hydrocortisone excluded as no indications given within reports and the drug is commonly used to treat other conditions.

†Reports may contain more than one concomitant medication and/or more than one event.

mRNA, messenger RNA.