Advice for healthy older adults: Get the new shingles vaccine

[Gondwanaland]

https://health.mil/News/Articles/20...thy-older-adults-Get-the-new-shingles-vaccine
A new shingles vaccine is rolling out across the Military Health System, and health care experts say it’s a game changer. The vaccine, Shingrix, is recommended for healthy adults 50 and older to prevent shingles, a painful skin rash that can have debilitating long-term effects for older people.
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[Kathevans]

Yes! I had an uncle who was in pain the last decade of his life from shingles. I had a mild case of shingles in my forties; I've had the vaccine.

 

[aaron_c]

I got shingles recently and the pain and itching were both horrible...

Monolaurin saved me. It brought the pain down from stabbing and horrible to just dull and ignorable, and it brought the itching down to ignorable as well.

 

[Lynn]

Will this be covered by Medicare? That's the problem with the current vaccine. It's not covered by insurance until you are in your 60s.

 

[CCC]

So if you've had chicken pox 10 years ago (as an adult!), is there any point in having a shingles vaccine?

 

[junkcrap50]

If your immune system is so weak (due to age) that it can't mount a response to the reactivated chicken pox known as shingles, then how can it mount a proper response to the vaccine?

 

[moochie]

I came across an article about this vaccine, written by an independent, unbiased drug policy researcher. The drug company that makes this vaccine has been marketing it very heavily - big bucks involved! It is a very expensive vaccine. After going through the drug company information with a fine tooth comb, his conclusion was that only 1 person out of 35 will benefit from it, plus there is a 1 in 7 chance that you will suffer severe side effects.

Obviously everyone must make their own decision as to whether this is worth it. However, since my ME was triggered by a tetanus shot, I have decided to never have any more shots of any kind.

 

[Dan_USAAZ]

I came across an article about this vaccine, written by an independent, unbiased drug policy researcher. The drug company that makes this vaccine has been marketing it very heavily - big bucks involved! It is a very expensive vaccine. After going through the drug company information with a fine tooth comb, his conclusion was that only 1 person out of 35 will benefit from it, plus there is a 1 in 7 chance that you will suffer severe side effects.

Obviously everyone must make their own decision as to whether this is worth it. However, since my ME was triggered by a tetanus shot, I have decided to never have any more shots of any kind.

Could you provide a link to the article?
Thanks!

 

[moochie]

Hi @Dan_USAAZ - You can (I hope) find the article by going to the website www.commonground.ca, click on the February issue of the magazine, and scroll down until you come to the article by Alan Cassels.