Maybe because if you get shingles in the meantime, you'd regret waiting?Why don't y'all just wait until it's covered by insurance? ...........
+1Maybe because if you get shingles in the meantime, you'd regret waiting?
Annual Optometrist's appointment this a.m., (eye doctor's appointment scheduled for March 09); he said that a minor adjustment might be beneficial, if it wasn't for "That F**** great scar in the middle of your cornea".
He figured that one of the possible treatments was akin to a laser 'scraping'......however, the laser apparently could reactivate the shingles.
Waiting to see what the surgeon has to say.
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Why don't y'all just wait until it's covered by insurance?
Maybe because if you get shingles in the meantime, you'd regret waiting?
Do any of our Canadian members have any pricing experience on this approach?
But this year they came back but with a much reduced pain. I attribute the lesser symptoms to the vaccine. But the trend isn't good, as if the vaccine is wearing off?
The shingles vaccine is a one-shot vaccine and is available to people 50 years or older. It lasts for approximately 5 years. Even so, it "still lowers the risk of shingles by 21 percent" [
Since the one-time vaccine lasts for about 5 years, most doctors recommend getting the vaccine at 60 years or older. However, the shingles vaccine poses a slight conundrum. The risk for shingles increases with age but the effectiveness of the shingles vaccine decreases with age too. According to Zostavax's research (the company that makes the vaccine), the vaccine reduces the risk of developing shingles by half for those in their 60s. Between ages 70 to 79, the vaccine is 41% effective. And for those who are 80 or older, the effectiveness drops below 20% [4].
I am going to ask my Dr. about the ability to have a redo of the vaccine. I expect a negative answer. 5 years ago I was 60 and one month when I had my first shingles outbreak in my calves and feet.. I promptly got the shot as soon as they cleared up. Since then about once a year I have felt like the shingles wanted to come back (had the initial sensation, but it stopped there). But this year they came back but with a much reduced pain. I attribute the lesser symptoms to the vaccine. But the trend isn't good, as if the vaccine is wearing off?
If your Dr. practices evidence-based medicine, and you don't have a contraindication for the new vaccine, then I would be curious why you think your Dr. would not recommended it.
-gauss
Visited my Rhumey last week and he suggested that I should get the Shingrix vaccine.
Anyway, went to our local grocery store and the pharmacy provided the shot for $175 (free for my insurance plan.). Anyway, I received the injection...
Unfortunately, I've been recuperating from the side effects which were a little more severe than I expected. I've had a sore arm (from the injection,) and a terrible headache with some grogginess throughout the day. I'm really not looking forward to doing this again.
I had that thought because when I received the originally one, I was given the impression that it would last quite a while. I now see that was wrong. it also is possibly just my personality as to how I interpreted the information. And possibly I expect them to say "you've had enough shingle shots already!
Zoster vaccines
- Administer 2 doses of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) (Shingrix) 2–6 months apart to adults aged 50 years or older regardless of past episode of herpes zoster or receipt of zoster vaccine live (ZVL) (Zostavax).
- Administer 2 doses of RZV 2–6 months apart to adults who previously received ZVL at least 2 months after ZVL.
- For adults aged 60 years or older, administer either RZV or ZVL (RZV is preferred). “ZVL” has replaced the term “
- “ZVL” has replaced the term “HZV” (herpes zoster vaccine) that was used in past adult immunization schedules to refer to the live zoster vaccine. A row for RZV was added above the row for ZVL and a dashed line was used to separate RZV and ZVL rows to denote that the 2 zoster vaccines are recommended for the same purpose.
I got the Shringrix vaccination at Costco Pharmacy. It appeared that my HDHP insurance plan did not cover it at all, although I had seen literature online indicating that it was a covered vaccine. I called insurance CS and they determined that it was 100% covered at age 50+, but it is a medical benefit, not a pharmacy benefit.
CVS told me 50-59 yo requires a prescription, while >60 doesn’t. I don’t understand this requirement. It wasn’t related to insurance, as she didn’t even ask about my coverage. I want the shot, but the inconvenience stinks. (DW and DBIL both got shingles in their 50’s.)