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At my annual mandatory physical yesterday my doctor told me that there's a new shingles vaccine that's around 90% effective as opposed to the 60-70% effectivene
by semidetached 3y ago
At my annual mandatory physical yesterday my doctor told me that there's a new shingles vaccine that's around 90% effective as opposed to the 60-70% effectiveness of the previous vaccine. It's a two-shot vaccine as opposed to the single shot for the old one. I turned it down, but will probably ask for it now. I got the previous vaccine a few years ago, and then got shingles a few months later, although it was a fairly mild case and I assume that the vaccination probably had a positive effect on that outcome. The funny thing is that I recognized the incident as shingles, and called for an appointment immediately and informed them of my suspicion. At my appointment two days later the doctor prescribed some anti-viral pills and said they were best started immediately after recognizing the infection. I started laughing, as did he.
- kamranjon 3y agoIs there any benefit to getting the vaccine after you've already gotten shingles?
- Rustwerks 3y agoYou can get shingles again.
- imagainstit 3y agoYes, shingles is reactivation of latent herpes zoster (chickenpox) usually acquired in childhood. The vaccine prevents these reactivations You can have shingles multiple times, and some people are more prone to recurrences.
- revelio 3y agoClearly it doesn't, given that semidetached just said he took the vaccine and then within months got shingles.
- dev_tty01 3y agoOne counter example does not disprove the substantial studies that show a strong percentage of cases that are avoided. He also stated that he had a mild case. Trust me, shingles can be extremely unpleasant. Any level of protection from the vaccine is worthwhile.
- loeg 3y agoYes. Risk of Shingles doesn't decrease after an outbreak (sadly).
- sib 3y agoThe shingles vaccine that I got 4 years ago was a two-shot vaccine. Is this another new(er) vaccine?
- randcraw 3y agoNo. Shingrix is the most recent shingles vaccine, AFAICT. It requires two injections for folks age 50+ or with weakened immune systems. Zostavax required one, but was withdrawn from the US market in 2020.
- loeg 3y agoShingrix is the "new" one but it's been on the market for several years.