I had the first shingles vaccine when it came out and wanted to get the new one, Shingrix. My doctor was supposed to call when they got the vaccine in but never did. This was at least a year with me calling to remind them, etc.
So then last year I got shingles even though vaccinated with the first vaccine. It was a mild case, possibly because I got on medicine prescribed by my new doctor in a different practice right away.
I wouldn't want to have a worse case. The pain is like hot nettle stings under the skin. I felt like I had the flu with joint pain, headache, etc.
I asked the new more competent doctor if I should still get Shingrix vaccine, and she said yes. I waited about 4 months after having shingles. Two shots. Hardly any reaction. Well worth it if it prevents more shingles.
I got the new vaccine and it was two shots. I would highly recommend getting the new vaccine. According to my doctor it is better.
My husband had shingles and it is awful. Our doctor recommended that my husband get the newer version of the vaccine. So far, so good. He hasn’t had shingles since being vaccinated.
I didn’t have any reaction to the vaccine. Nor did my husband. Of course, these things react differently in every person who is receiving it so you may or may not have a reaction.
I haven’t had reactions to any vaccines, flu, pneumonia, Covid or shingles, except the occasional sore arm.
Sicker than a dog might be better than sick with shingles. See my post! The thing about the shingles I had was that I kept getting outbreaks for about 6 weeks even with my mild case. The pain could be, in a worse case, horrific and incapacitating.
There was the OLD shingles vacc (one shot) and now there is the NEW which is supposedly "better" (two shots and can make you pretty ill for a couple of days with flu-like symptoms.
My own doctor (I am 81) said that Kaiser is happy to give me the NEW shots if I wish to have them. But that I had the old one and it's my decision. My doctor said studies are not to her mind large enough or long enough to definitively say one is MUCH better than the other, and that was in her humble opinion.
Best of luck with your own decision. I opted to stick with the old shot and will spin the roulette wheel.
Yes, it depends on which one you had and when you had it. Definitely check with your doctor to be 100% sure. As Jar mentioned - there are different types and different numbers for each one that are required to be considered fully vaccinated/protected.
So then last year I got shingles even though vaccinated with the first vaccine. It was a mild case, possibly because I got on medicine prescribed by my new doctor in a different practice right away.
I wouldn't want to have a worse case. The pain is like hot nettle stings under the skin. I felt like I had the flu with joint pain, headache, etc.
I asked the new more competent doctor if I should still get Shingrix vaccine, and she said yes. I waited about 4 months after having shingles. Two shots. Hardly any reaction. Well worth it if it prevents more shingles.
So yes, do it.
My husband had shingles and it is awful. Our doctor recommended that my husband get the newer version of the vaccine. So far, so good. He hasn’t had shingles since being vaccinated.
I didn’t have any reaction to the vaccine. Nor did my husband. Of course, these things react differently in every person who is receiving it so you may or may not have a reaction.
I haven’t had reactions to any vaccines, flu, pneumonia, Covid or shingles, except the occasional sore arm.
My own doctor (I am 81) said that Kaiser is happy to give me the NEW shots if I wish to have them. But that I had the old one and it's my decision. My doctor said studies are not to her mind large enough or long enough to definitively say one is MUCH better than the other, and that was in her humble opinion.
Best of luck with your own decision. I opted to stick with the old shot and will spin the roulette wheel.
If you have only had the first of two doses of the current Shingrix vaccine. Yes.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html
If they come out with a better vaccine in ten years. Yes.