Posted on 07/31/2018 6:49:43 AM PDT by fwdude
Just wanted to get some feedback from experienced shingle sufferers and those who have opted for the vaccine. For the record, I got the first of a series of two shots a couple of weeks ago. More lingering soreness than with just about any other vaccine.
Any reactions or did anyone suffer from shingles anyway?
Got the original vaccine two years ago and got the shingles this Spring.
Never had it. Don’t plan to.
One thing I know is that if you spend a lot of time
around grandkids who have not had the chicken pox you
should not get it, as it contains live virus.
When my cousin suffered horribly from a bad case of shingles for three months, I ran out and got the vaccine. No problems.
Yes and no.
Somehow I never had chicken pox, so I mainly did it to keep from getting chicken pox as an adult.
I got the old one, the new one was not available yet.
No problems whatsoever.
I am considering it, too. I want to hear opinions and stories.
My MIL got shingles and it was horrible. Any soreness or temporary pain from the vaccine is WELL worth it.
The medical news of late (marketing?) has been increasing on the seriousness of shingles, so I guess the marketing worked on me. Funny, I have NEVER known anyone who had had shingles, was suffering from it, or at least they weren’t vocal about it. I don’t think serious symptoms are as widespread as they’d like you to believe. I’m aware that the worst attacks can be debilitating.
Still, I was in the pharmacy and an announcement for the vaccine at no cost for certain insurance caught my attention. I’ve heard that they are very expensive otherwise.
No problems from the vaccination and no Shingles so far. My insurance paid for it too.
No one in my family remembers if I had chickenpox or not. I don’t so it would have happened when young if it happened. If you get a shingles shot without ever having had chickenpox pox, is it a problem?
Perhaps the new 2-shot vaccine is made in China or some third-world hole. Big pharma has to save a buck at our expense.
Beware of medications from China!! I put a note on my pharmacy file, “absolutely nothing from China.”
I got my shingles shot seven years ago and no problem.
I got chicken pox when I was 45. Doctor said I probably wouldn’t live long enough to get shingles.
Still may get the shot anyway.
Shingles is caused by the same virus which causes chickenpox. So, a shingles vaccine basically covers chickenpox.
This is the same thing my doc told me about six months ago. He wants to see how the new shot does for awhile before recommending it.
I got the old shot a few years ago. Never got shingles.
Then the new vaccine was released, and I got the first of the two injections of the new one. As others have said, it was extremely painful for days. But no shingles. Getting the second injection when it’s due.
Here’s a long blurb about it and more:
Vaccine advisers have published their latest recommendations for mumps and shingles vaccines in adults.
New adult vaccination recommendations published Monday feature a booster shot for mumps in case of outbreaks and the new and improved shingles vaccine.
People over 50 should get the new Shingrix vaccine, which protect both better and more safely than the older shingles vaccine, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices says. People who already had the old vaccine can get the new one, too.
Plus, adults should get a booster of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine if they’re at risk during a mumps outbreak, ACIP says.
The recommendations, originally made in October, are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and on the CDC website.
In 2017, more than 5,600 people got mumps, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The year before, in 2016, 6,366 cases were reported.
Studies have shown that vaccinating people during a mumps outbreak can help control it. Immunity from the MMR vaccine can wane over time in some people, and the booster dose brings it back up.
That’s why ACIP says people at high risk of catching mumps during an outbreak should get a booster dose, even if they’ve already been vaccinated twice.
Related: Federal panel recommends new shingles vaccine, mumps booster
And the official recommendation for the new shingles vaccine is in the Annals, also. The older vaccine, called Zostavax, is a “live” vaccine. It uses a weakened version of the virus that causes both shingles and chickenpox. The new vaccine doesn’t use the live virus, but a genetically engineered piece of the virus. It cannot cause “shedding” of virus and can be used in some people with weakened immune systems.
“Two doses of Shingrix is more than 90 percent effective at preventing shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia (the pain that follows an outbreak of shingles),” the CDC advises.
“Even people who have had shingles or previously got Zostavax can be vaccinated with Shingrix to prevent shingles and the complications caused by the disease.”
Separately Monday, a team at the Harvard School of Public health reported that vaccines could prevent up to 36 million deaths between about now and 2030.
Vaccination against measles will avert 22 million deaths between about now and 2030. Hepatitis B vaccines will prevent 6.6 million deaths and HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines 2.5 million deaths, they reported in the journal Health Affairs.
“We looked at the effects of both routine and campaign immunization programs,” they wrote.
Agree with you!
At my well patient check ups I politely decline most of what they offer, including shingles...
...( my husband is the opposite)
But I have had reactions to certain vaccines....so my doctor doesn’t push or guilt trip me.
My arm hurt for about 8-10 days. Have to go for my second shot this week. Want to get it done before the semester starts :-)
The new Shingrix vaccine is given in two injections, 6 months apart. Said to be 90% effective, which is better than the previous vaccine.
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