EU Begins Investigation As Thousands Of Women Report Menstrual Disorders After mRNA Covid Shots

Europe’s medicines watchdog today announced it will be probing reports of thousands of women suffering drastic menstrual changes after getting Covid vaccines made by Pfizer or Moderna.

The European Medicines Agency’s drug safety committee is investigating both cases of heavy bleeding and missed periods following vaccination.

It promises to look through all the reported incidents in the EU and clinical trial data, as well as review the scientific literature.

The EMA’s panel previously investigated the connection between irregular periods and Covid vaccines but could not establish a firm link. It is reopening the case after receiving ‘spontaneous reports of menstrual disorders’ more recently.

Women around the world have reported an irregular period after getting the mRNA vaccines, with some studies suggesting the issue affects four in 10 women.

While the EU remains hesitant to probe the effect of the vaccines on fertility, many women remain concerned that the vaccines will sabotage their ability to bare children or bare healthy children and this has driven hesitancy among women.   

More than 50,000 reports of period changes, including late periods, have been logged in the UK alone, triggering a review by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

The assessment is being carried out by the EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), which oversees the safety of medicines.

It will review all available evidence on mRNA vaccines and period changes among women, including reports from vaccinated women, clinical trials and studies.

They will be looking into whether the jabs triggered heavy periods — bleeding that affect a person’s quality of life — or temporarily stopped periods — medically known as amenorrhea, when a woman does not have a period for three months or more.

The UK’s MHRA is already investigating reports of period problems, as well as unexpected vaginal bleeding, post-vaccination.

Two MHRA sub-committees — the Vaccines Benefit Risk Expert Working Group and the Medicines for Women’s Health Expert Advisory Group — are also investigating the evidence around the claims.

A study of more than 4,000 women in the US found periods lasted 15 hours longer in women who had a first dose and 19 hours longer among double-jabbed.

The length of the menstrual cycle varies between individual women, but the average is every 28 days.

However, cycles as short as 21 days or as long as 40 are not considered unusual.

The NHS advises women to contact their GP if their periods are irregular in certain situations.

These include: if their periods suddenly become irregular and they are under 45-years-of-age, their periods come more often than every 21 days and less often than every 35 days, their period lasts longer than seven days, and there is a difference of at least 20 days between the shortest and longest menstrual cycle.

Irregular periods can also lead to problems when women are trying to get pregnant as it becomes difficult to accurately track ovulation, the time when they are most likely to conceive.