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The Shingles Vaccine(s)

I went in for a pneumonia jab last month and got offered a shingles jab which I also took. No issues afterwards and the second shingles jab is due in September.
 
hifinutt said:
privately it costs around 500 quid for the 2
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Ouch. But won’t that be for the “immune suppressed” folks? I thought the usual vaccine was a single shot.

I think I‘ll wait until I become eligible for it on the NHS - in two months time……yep, I hit the magic number; and in joyful anticipation of that momentous event, my first old buqqer’s driving licence arrived today!
 
Madam went for her Shingles booster jab today, 6 months after her first.
(When I had mine it was only one)

Appointment booked and on the system, in she goes
Nurse said
Can't jab you today you are under the 6 months (by 1 week)
Appointment remade for next week
I bet 25 weeks instead of 26 makes a huge difference, not
 
it should be two jabs. AH had two, one last year then a booster in January. My mum had shingles in her early sixties. Never forgotten the pain etched on her face... Get it done!!
 
Just recovering from shingles at the moment. Luckily I managed to have antivirals prescribed at an early stage and this seems to have helped curtail the condition. I will pay for the vaccine next year when I'm eligible.
 
my mum had shingles a few years back. She was too young for the vax, although my Dad was old enough. They diagnosed it really fast and she got anti viral quickly. The anti virals were ineffective. She was in pain for over a year and was referred for specialist pain relief (chilli patches)
 
hal9001 said:
Just recovering from shingles at the moment. Luckily I managed to have antivirals prescribed at an early stage and this seems to have helped curtail the condition. I will pay for the vaccine next year when I'm eligible.
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yes just asked another surgery how much . first one was 500 quid !!!! rather more than one thought . we had to pay £110 for a measles jab as GP wouldnt do it but 500 is a bit steep . hope you recover soon
 
I had my two doses of Shingrix in January and March. I did feel quite tired for a while afterwards probably not helped by me having to miss some of my arthritis medication to ensure that the vaccine had the best chance to work.

From what I have heard about shingles it was worth the period of tiredness, as I'm immunocompromised (because of the medication) I could get more severe shingles. If it reduces the risk significantly it will be worthwhile.
 
hifinutt said:
yes just asked another surgery how much . first one was 500 quid !!!! rather more than one thought . we had to pay £110 for a measles jab as GP wouldnt do it but 500 is a bit steep . hope you recover soon
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Thank you. I am a little confused though about why the UK and France are so different. It's a serious condition so why shouldn't we get the vaccine at 60? Guess it's down to cost and a good proportion of the intended population can afford to pay for it themselves.
 
i think the plan is to roll it out for younger ones eventually , at the moment i think its over 65 . ironic really that the mrs has got it just a few months before vaccine eligibilty !
 
Here in the US, eligibility for Shingrix begins at age 50. Having seen the suffering the disease can inflict, I got mine about three months after turning 50. I had no side effects, aside from being slightly tired (especially after the second course).
 
hifinutt said:
i think the plan is to roll it out for younger ones eventually , at the moment i think its over 65 . ironic really that the mrs has got it just a few months before vaccine eligibilty !
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The current programme is that you can get it in the year following your 65th or 70th birthday. Previously it was only after your 70th birthday. They have also added the immunocompromised over 50 to the eligible list, meaning I got mine 3 years earlier.

I assume that production capacity and resources for vaccination are behind this staged approach. However it does mean in 5 years time we will all have had the option of the vaccine before we reach 66.

The shingles risk increases with age and vaccine effectiveness does fade with time. Perhaps some of the younger immunocompromised people may need a top up at some point.
 
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Vinny said:
No-one in my family that I know or have known, has had it. I have personally met just one person who has had it in 62 years.
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Seems odd that you conduct a medical history questionnaire for everyone you meet.

Do you have similar figures for Athlete’s Foot, Ringworm, Appendicitis and other diseases that, in my world, aren’t mentioned upon first encounter - and often don’t come up, even with long acquaintance.
 
mikemusic said:
Madam went for her Shingles booster jab today, 6 months after her first.
(When I had mine it was only one)

Appointment booked and on the system, in she goes
Nurse said
Can't jab you today you are under the 6 months (by 1 week)
Appointment remade for next week
I bet 25 weeks instead of 26 makes a huge difference, not
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let us know how she gets on , one chap i spoke to last week said a friend was so knocked about by the first dose she refused the next of the two due
 
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