Shingles,,, how many have gotten shingles after vaccination!

We paid $120 for the shot but other places wanted a lot more so make some calls. We got the shot two years ago and haven't had them.

I know one or two people who have had shingles after the shot, but the said it was very mild and they considered the shot to well worth it.

Bill

We got the shingles shot several years ago. No side effects. Medicare or Insurance paid for it. Don't remember a cost mentioned.

Got mine free while I was still working. My dad had a horrible case that lasted for months. He carried the scars to his grave. I didn't need a reminder to get the shot. Would have paid for it had it not been free. Not worth the **** shot, just get the shot.

Had the shot last October. The MD billed $240.00 for shingles shot. Medicare did not cover it at all. My insurance paid $112.00 as the contract amount. I paid zero.

No shingles yet.
Interesting article at

http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/hcp/clinical-overview.html#complications
One thing it states is "In adults vaccinated at age 60 years or older, vaccine efficacy wanes within the first 5 years after vaccination, and protection beyond 5 years is uncertain;" there is more but I want you to go to the site and read the whole article.

D a n g .... guess I best get the shot regardless after reading up on it. And along with the pneumonia shot also. SOB. I felt like a human pin cushion in the military and thought it was all over with (needles and shots), I guess not.

DW got the shot a year or so ago from Walgreens, no cost to us as insurance paid for it. No symptoms. She was concerned as her dad had a bad case of shingles when he was alive.

As sort of a side note, you can get shingles on / in your eyes and it can cause blindness if it happens there.

Bill

I got the shot a couple years ago. My DW had shingles, I don't want them. No problems yet. I believe I paid 190.00, my insurance did not cover the cost.
I also had the pneumonia shot which my insurance did not cover.
And I actually have pretty good insurance. Go figure.

Not me, commercials scared the DW so she did.

GHalf got the shingles vaxi about four years ago. At that time insurance paid nothing unless the insured was 60 or older, so we had to pay full price: $250 IIRC

I got the vaxi last year. No longer an age restriction so insurance paid the full cost.

No side effects for him, but my arm turned red and it ITCHED horribly for a few days.

Three people I know have had shingles. One (male) had a mild case but the other two (both women) said it was extremely painful.