Dang Shingles Shot Hurts!

ClassicRockr said:
Wife and I, her 70 and I’m now 69, were told by the pharmacist that the new shot is 90% effective against getting shingles and higher if the person has never had chicken pox.

We will go with that!
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Um... I believe a person who has never had chickenpox cannot get shingles anyway. They don't need the shot.
 

Our previous doctor kept telling us we needed to get the shingles vaccine but we've put it off for several years because our insurance doesn't cover it (only after deductible is met, which we never do). This year, we got the shot and it cost us over $200 each! Then I read online where the shingles shot was no good and there are settlements for people that have had severe side effects...YIKES!!!

My husband didn't have any problem with his shot, but my arm swelled up and was hot and red at the injection site for weeks. It finally went away but I wish I wouldn't have gotten it.
 
Colleen said:
Our previous doctor kept telling us we needed to get the shingles vaccine but we've put it off for several years because our insurance doesn't cover it (only after deductible is met, which we never do). This year, we got the shot and it cost us over $200 each! Then I read online where the shingles shot was no good and there are settlements for people that have had severe side effects...YIKES!!!

My husband didn't have any problem with his shot, but my arm swelled up and was hot and red at the injection site for weeks. It finally went away but I wish I wouldn't have gotten it.
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That's the kind of reaction I get even with the flu shot.

Now the doc gives me the nasal spray instead.
 
I get no "shots in the dark" and keep my immune system strong. You can find a lot of info online about: shingles prevention with alternatives.

I've had CP and I'm 80 very soon and no shingles, no shots. No flu shots either.

Grape seed extract is one Great Immune system builder.
 
jaminhealth said:
I get no "shots in the dark" and keep my immune system strong. You can find a lot of info online about: shingles prevention with alternatives.

I've had CP and I'm 80 very soon and no shingles, no shots. No flu shots either.

Grape seed extract is one Great Immune system builder.
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I love this forum!! I've learned so much here on so many different subjects. I'm just a "youngster" at 71 but it's never too late to learn something :)

I'm ALL for using alternatives to Rx's. Thanks for the grape seed extract pointer.
 
C'est Moi said:
Um... I believe a person who has never had chickenpox cannot get shingles anyway. They don't need the shot.
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I can’t prove that I’ve never had chicken pox, so my VA doctor highly recommended for me to get it. So, I did and will get the second dose in a couple of months.
 
Wife and I absolutely have no problem getting the Shingles shot as well as yearly Senior Flu one. We both know our immune system is good, but not THAT good.

For us “better being safe than sorry”!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Wife and I absolutely have no problem getting the Shingles shot as well as yearly Senior Flu one. We both know our immune system is good, but not THAT good.

For us “better being safe than sorry”!
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Thats what my doctor told me. Since I had a horrible CP experience as a child and my immune system has been weakened due to a massive stroke, he advised me to get it. My daughter who is a pharmacist said a lot of her patients don't come back for the 2nd shot as they have a reaction like I did. I need all the help I can get so I will stay as safe as I can be. I can handle a low grade temp for 4 hours and a sore arm for a day. Compared to what I have been through, its nothing for me!
 
terry123 said:
Thats what my doctor told me. Since I had a horrible CP experience as a child and my immune system has been weakened due to a massive stroke, he advised me to get it. My daughter who is a pharmacist said a lot of her patients don't come back for the 2nd shot as they have a reaction like I did. I need all the help I can get so I will stay as safe as I can be. I can handle a low grade temp for 4 hours and a sore arm for a day. Compared to what I have been through, its nothing for me!
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Got that right!
 
Colleen said:
We only got one shot...not a second dose.
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So, either you got the new one, but only one dose instead of the required two, or you got the old, 30% effective shot, like my wife got last Oct.

The new on, that came out March 2018 is 90% affective. She has already got the first of two shots of that, as I did,
 
C'est Moi said:
You must have gotten the "old" type. There was a new vaccine introduced in 2017 that is two shots; it's called "Shingrix."
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It was approved by the FDA in Oct 2017, but wasn’t used and didn’t get to pharmacy’s and doctors offices until Feb/Mar 2018.
 
I agree with you on the shingles shot ClassicRockr. I need to get the new one but have been chicken since I read it hurts.

i don't have problems with shots ever, so far. I did get the first shingles shot a few years ago, that didn't hurt at all and no side effects either.

My ex had the shingles and I think I'd rather hurt for a few days than go through the pain he did for so long with shingles.

Some people are lucky that get shingles and it's not so bad...that wasn't the case with him.

After I saw how he suffered I got my first shot.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Wife and I absolutely have no problem getting the Shingles shot as well as yearly Senior Flu one. We both know our immune system is good, but not THAT good.

For us “better being safe than sorry”!
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Exactly the way my husband and I think. I had the older shingles shot a few years ago and will request the new one when I go for my annual checkup in a couple of months. I've never had shingles, thank heavens, but watched my mother, my husband, and several friends suffer with it. By my observations, it's an experience best avoided.

With drugs, less is often more but there's also a real danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Not ALL big pharma offerings are bad, just as not ALL supplements or vitamins are modern versions of snake oil. My husband and I make informed decisions based on our own research, our doctors' advice, and excellent input from family members in the health field (an MD, an RN, and a pharmacist).
 
StarSong said:
Exactly the way my husband and I think. I had the older shingles shot a few years ago and will request the new one when I go for my annual checkup in a couple of months. I've never had shingles, thank heavens, but watched my mother, my husband, and several friends suffer with it. By my observations, it's an experience best avoided.

With drugs, less is often more but there's also a real danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Not ALL big pharma offerings are bad, just as not ALL supplements or vitamins are modern versions of snake oil. My husband and I make informed decisions based on our own research, our doctors' advice, and excellent input from family members in the health field (an MD, an RN, and a pharmacist).
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Exactly how how I feel. Also have an MD, nurse and two pharmacists in the family.
 
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