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Wow, Blue Cross Blue Shield just told me it is 100% covered, no out of pocket for the shot. I'm an active employee and not retired yet, I don't know if that's why, but this shot should be free for anyone with medical insurance, I'm not sure why it varies from plan to plan. I can go to any network pharmacy and get it done for free, or my doctor. Now I'm thinking of doing this later today but I have a lot of physical exertion to do this weekend and I'm not sure this is the best time for a shot.
But after seeing these stories I'm scared sh**less about getting shingles!
I went to work because if I stayed home, I had nothing to do but to think about the pain and itch.
Yep, exactly. Although I guess in some ways, having it on my face and in my eye was easier in the sense of not having to worry about clothing in the shingles area. What the people on the subway were thinking looking at my face was another story!
I have Silver Script Part D as my drug plan for Medicare. I called their help line and I was quoted $44 co-pay for each injection of Shingrix. They did request my zip code so prices may vary. My drug plan has no deductible.
That looks to me like a co-pay for a Tier 3 drug. If you call your insurance company, hopefully you can get correct payment info.
DH and I are going for the vaccine next week as we have seen people really suffer with shingles. DH only agreed as this is a dead virus unlike the previous vaccine (which wasn't as effective).
"If someone got an extensive rash after taking the vaccine he was probably immunocompromised, which is a contraindication to the vaccine. If the immunocompromize was already known, the problem was not the vaccine but the person giving it. "
So much misinformation! It could also have been caused by just an allergic reaction to something in the vaccine. Medical training/knowledge acquired by reading internet articles from suspect links, is not a substitute for actual training! Just saying.....
Please explain the "misinformation" in my statement.
The rash from shingles is extraordinarily unique. It will not be confused with an allergic reaction.
Immune system dysfunction is a contraindication to the vaccine, as is clearly stated on the Vaccine Information Statement given out with each dose of the vaccine:
"A 76-year-old white female with a history of recurrent left axillary breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy was given a Zostavax® injection by her primary care physician. Eight days later, the patient developed a rash. Given the recent administration of live, attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV), a diagnosis of disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster was made."
Of patients who developed shingles (the usual localized rash, not the all over rash in the case above) after Zostavax, all have had the wild virus in the lesions, not the vaccine virus. From the above link:
"In the 42-day post-vaccination period of the study, 53 total patients developed a non-injection site zoster-like rash. Of these, 17 patients had been treated with Zostavax®, 36 patients had been treated with placebo. Forty-one specimens were obtained for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing; 5 Zostavax® treated patients were found to have wild-type VZV in the lesions; no lesions were found to have the Oka/Merck strain."
Please explain the "misinformation" in my statement.
The rash from shingles is extraordinarily unique. It will not be confused with an allergic reaction.
Immune system dysfunction is a contraindication to the vaccine, as is clearly stated on the Vaccine Information Statement given out with each dose of the vaccine:
"A 76-year-old white female with a history of recurrent left axillary breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy was given a Zostavax® injection by her primary care physician. Eight days later, the patient developed a rash. Given the recent administration of live, attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV), a diagnosis of disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster was made."
Of patients who developed shingles (the usual localized rash, not the all over rash in the case above) after Zostavax, all have had the wild virus in the lesions, not the vaccine virus. From the above link:
"In the 42-day post-vaccination period of the study, 53 total patients developed a non-injection site zoster-like rash. Of these, 17 patients had been treated with Zostavax®, 36 patients had been treated with placebo. Forty-one specimens were obtained for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing; 5 Zostavax® treated patients were found to have wild-type VZV in the lesions; no lesions were found to have the Oka/Merck strain."
Your response emphasizes my point. I do not think you have the necessary training or health-care background for me to get into a back and forth with you. Continue standing by what you said.....I have no problem with you standing by your beliefs!
Please explain the "misinformation" in my statement.
The rash from shingles is extraordinarily unique. It will not be confused with an allergic reaction.
Immune system dysfunction is a contraindication to the vaccine, as is clearly stated on the Vaccine Information Statement given out with each dose of the vaccine:
"A 76-year-old white female with a history of recurrent left axillary breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy was given a Zostavax® injection by her primary care physician. Eight days later, the patient developed a rash. Given the recent administration of live, attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV), a diagnosis of disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster was made."
Of patients who developed shingles (the usual localized rash, not the all over rash in the case above) after Zostavax, all have had the wild virus in the lesions, not the vaccine virus. From the above link:
"In the 42-day post-vaccination period of the study, 53 total patients developed a non-injection site zoster-like rash. Of these, 17 patients had been treated with Zostavax®, 36 patients had been treated with placebo. Forty-one specimens were obtained for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing; 5 Zostavax® treated patients were found to have wild-type VZV in the lesions; no lesions were found to have the Oka/Merck strain."
Your response emphasizes my point. I do not think you have the necessary training or health-care background for me to get into a back and forth with you. Continue standing by what you said.....I have no problem with you standing by your beliefs!
Altguy - you appear more than confused on this. SuzyQ's statements are correct - your wildcard ain't-fitting-the-facts guess doesn't come down to a matter of "belief" systems.
We have enough anti-vaccination idiocy in this world, please don't contribute to that red herring.
Altguy - you appear more than confused on this. SuzyQ's statements are correct - your wildcard ain't-fitting-the-facts guess doesn't come down to a matter of "belief" systems.
We have enough anti-vaccination idiocy in this world, please don't contribute to that red herring.
I'm not anti-vaccine. On the contrary, because of my background, very pro. I think you're the one who is confused. As with the previous poster, I wont get into this argument with you as there would be no point in that.
I'm amazed at how many people went to work with shingles. First, I don't know how you did it. Second, I'd be afraid of exposing so many other people. One of the reasons I chose to stay home was because we had two pregnant women working in the same office I was. I surely didn't want to expose them or their unborn babies to possible chicken pox. Third, I looked like something that crawled out of a lagoon and was probably as bad tempered.
One thing that really struck me was once the shingles developed into sores, I wanted Gatorade in the worst way. One of my friends got me a couple of 32oz bottles and I downed one just like that. I thought that was really weird, but maybe having shingles dehydrates you.
Hah, I've seen people dealing with shingles. I'd GLADLY pay $170 to avoid that kind of misery.
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