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New Shingles Vax??
Self ^ | 3.24.18 | self

Posted on 03/24/2018 2:19:15 PM PDT by bboop

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To: rlmorel

I had to pay out of pocket as I’m not in the age group yet, but I can’t believe the misery I’ve heard about. No thanks. And that includes at least a couple people who got it in their 40’s, so I decided not to wait.


41 posted on 03/24/2018 2:56:45 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: bboop

I experienced no side effects. From what I understand, shingles in older adults is pretty severe. Do it.


42 posted on 03/24/2018 2:58:59 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: bboop

I didn’t notice any side effects.

Neither did I.


43 posted on 03/24/2018 3:00:03 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: eastforker

Got it starting Thanksgiving 2015 but on right side of face, scalp, jawbone, etc. I lost 25% hearing in right ear from nerve damage.

Shingles lasted 3 weeks. Post-herpetic neuralgia immediately followed shingles, and lasted for nearly 2 years. Still feel it occasionally at night, but it’s bearable.

I thought shingles were bad. Nothing compared to PHN. Combined they’re the Devil’s Disease.


44 posted on 03/24/2018 3:00:35 PM PDT by Hazwaste (Democrats are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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To: bboop

I really and truly hate shingles.
Every Thanksgiving since 2007 I’ve come down with shingles.
Sometimes it burns and sometimes it just itches. It usually lingers until about a week after New Years.
Last summer I got the vaccine and it was totally ineffective.
I still got shingles.


45 posted on 03/24/2018 3:01:25 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: eastforker

there is a newer better shingles vax and even though I took the old one a couple of yrs ago, my doc advised me to get this new one...but she did say wait til I was 65..


46 posted on 03/24/2018 3:01:58 PM PDT by cherry
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To: 41Thunder

Might be Herpes Zoster Oticus (what my doctor called it); related form of Shingles virus...I had a bad case on left side of my head, neck and scalp that left me deaf on the left side...Damaged the auditory nerve, I’m told, so hearing aids are no help...

That was at 52, and I was treated with Famcyclovir, although I’m told there are other more effective anti-viral drugs available now, as well as the vaccination...

Outbreak lasted about 18 months and I still get occasional small outbreaks in the affected area 15 years later...Don’t wish it on anyone...


47 posted on 03/24/2018 3:02:04 PM PDT by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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To: steve86

>> I doubt Shingrix was available at that time. You probably got Zostavax.

I got Zostavax last summer. What is Shingrix?
Is it more effective than Zostravax?
What’s the difference?


48 posted on 03/24/2018 3:03:21 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: GnuThere

I got the shingles when I was 19. Never had a problem since.


49 posted on 03/24/2018 3:04:25 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: bboop

I echo the person below: just how new is this? When did it start being administered? Is there a choice, or is it the only thing available now?

I’m definitely getting one, when they “allow” me.


50 posted on 03/24/2018 3:05:56 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: bboop

I had it a year or two ago...no side effects. I had chicken pox as a baby. My oldest son had chicken pox, and ended up with Shingles as an adult. It was near his eye, but they caught it early, and it hasn’t come back. He has Rheumatoid Arthritis which he takes injections for. Because they weaken your immune system, he can’t take any flu shots, and I’m assuming he can’t have the Shingles vaccine either.


51 posted on 03/24/2018 3:08:17 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: rlmorel

I read recently that Admiral William Halsey had to sit out the Battle of Midway due to shingles.


I knew it was some skin disease, but neither shingles nor psoriasis fit the symptoms he had. Just chalk it up to “A debilitating chronic skin condition.”


52 posted on 03/24/2018 3:09:52 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: DuncanWaring

I got Zostravax. It turned me into a newt. I got better.


53 posted on 03/24/2018 3:10:15 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Mears

I had to get a Doctor’s script for the Shingles vaccine in order for the insurance to pay for it. I had it dispensed at the local pharmacy. Not sure who paid for it in the end, Medicare or my health insurance. Most likely Medicare paid for it since my health insurance pays for very little these days.


54 posted on 03/24/2018 3:11:47 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: bboop

Did you have chicken pox as a child?


55 posted on 03/24/2018 3:14:28 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: mass55th

Thanks——as I said he wouldn’t order it because of questions re: the charges———I’ll check with him again.

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56 posted on 03/24/2018 3:14:40 PM PDT by Mears
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To: eastforker

I got them on my lower left back a few years ago, ditto on horrible. Can you get them more than once?


57 posted on 03/24/2018 3:23:18 PM PDT by umgud
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To: sparklite2

Another Freeper (wish I could remember who it was) suggested a book “Shattered Sword” about the Battle of Midway, and these folks did some serious research on this book (It is widely lauded) and tells much of the Japanese side of the battle most of the west is somewhat ignorant of.

I know a bit about damage control on ships, but it was a real eye-opener to read about the deficiencies in the Japanese ship designs (at least at that point in the war)

I believe they looked at Halsey’s condition with a more modern light and came to that conclusion.

But like you, I will chalk it up to “A debilitating chronic skin condition” since I cannot positively ID it either!


58 posted on 03/24/2018 3:26:07 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: BuffaloJack

I had the shingles on my face and scalp, from my right eye up. I got some scarring on my nose and forehead. The first sign was a sharp persistent pain on the top of my eye. Last year I got that same pain on the eye one and ran to the drugstore and got lysine pills, 500 milligrams, and started dosing myself. The pain went away and I never had the onset of shingles.
Shingles is a form of herpes. Herpes zoster they say. Lysine is a treatment for herpes therefore I thought it might work and it did. Maybe you want to buy some for Thanksgiving present for yourself.


59 posted on 03/24/2018 3:26:09 PM PDT by tinamina
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To: Mears
Medicare Part D should pay for it. Not Part B like the flu shots. That is why you get it at a pharmacy.

Most adults have the Chicken Pox virus in them, even if you don't remember having it.

This vaccine is 2 doses, 2 months apart. Not made from live virus. 90% effective.

60 posted on 03/24/2018 3:27:17 PM PDT by Abby4116
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