SHINGRIX VACCINE Reviews (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted)

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SHINGRIX  (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted):  SHINGRIX is a vaccine indicated for prevention of herpes zoster (HZ) (shingles) in adults aged 50 years and older. Also for adults aged 18 years and older who are or will be at increased risk of HZ due to immunodeficiency or immunosuppression caused by known disease or therapy. SHINGRIX is NOT indicated for prevention of primary varicella infection (chickenpox).   FDA Approval Date: 2017-10-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  Shingles Vaccine Overnight after 2nd vaccine. Having extreme cold chills, weakness, muscle pains, difficulty getting up and down, and a headache.!Haven't taken my temperature. CVS M 59
12/6/2020
 1  Shingles Vaccine I felt ill the first dose but last Thursday I had the second dose. By that night, I was feeling nauseous, and unwell. The next 36 hours I ran a high fever with chills, severe body aches, and head-crushing migraine. I felt like vomiting and I was so sore I could hardly get to the bathroom. I had diarrhea in addition and now that it is my third day the fever is gone but I still feel unwell and fatigued. This is the worse possible illness I have had in years. I was down in bed for two days and it was agony to get up and around. I had no idea I could feel so lousy. I am a nurse and now I am afraid to recommend going through this to someone else. Vaccine on 12/03/2020 at a Walgreen's. The technician was well skilled in giving intramuscular injections. I am sure she had no idea how sick I was going to get. F 59
12/6/2020
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 3  Shingles Vaccine Joint pain, numbness and pins and needles feeling in hands and feet. Tired and a slight numbness in jaw. Also red and swelling at injection site. Shot was given at doctors office since I was there for physical. Not looking forward to the second shot. F 53
12/5/2020
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 1  Shingles Vaccine 1st shot, my arm was a little sore for a couple of days and that's it. 2nd shot, woke up in the middle of the night with a high fever, shivering, the shakes, could not get warm, horrible headache, horrible body aches, nausea...I thought I was getting Covid-19?? I received the vaccine on the 2nd of Dec and it's Saturday and I'm still not at 100%. If I were to do over, I would opt out completely! I received the 2nd shot on the 2nd of December and the pharmacist did a great job! F 58
12/5/2020
 5  Shingles Vaccine No effects from first shot. Second shot, I woke in the middle of the night with a skull crushing headache and fever. Over 24 hours and still achy and tired. I wish I knew about the potential for side effects. I would have still taken it, but wouldn't have feared Covid infection. F 62
12/4/2020
 4  Shingles Vaccine First dose was painful going in, felt that the pharmacist gave the injection too fast and really stabbed it in. Arm was quite sore for 4-6 days, could not sleep lying on that side. But nothing else. Second dose didn't hurt at all, but I got flu like symptoms. I had a light headache which turned into a migraine. I went to bed the next day at 7 pm and had chills/ felt flushed. Ruddy face. Arm is swollen near injection site and there's a rectangular band of red skin. Got shot at CVS pharmacy M 57
12/4/2020
 2  Shingles Vaccine With the first shot I developed a terrible headache for several hours that Tylenol did nothing for. Two months later with the second shot I developed a high pitched hissing sound in my head (tinnitus) within an hour and as the day went on I wasn't feeling good. Overnight I developed chills, fever, muscle aches, and very inflamed joints. When I got up in the morning I felt like I might faint and had to lay down immediately. I spent the rest of the day, the night, and the next day in bed feeling like I had the flu. A month later I feel well but that hissing sound in my head continues! I'm sorry I got the Shringrix vaccination! While trying to be proactive with my health I feel damaged now. Both shots were administered by my pharmacist as recommended by my physician. F 63
12/4/2020
 1  Shingles Vaccine The first shot of shingrix was no problem. The second shot was very bad with fever of 101.50, chill, my blood pressure went up to 166/105 and my heartbeat is 113, very weak and I had to go to ER! 2 weeks later I still feel weak and body ache! F 67
12/4/2020
 5  Shingles Vaccine First Dose: Days 1-4 very sore right deltoid, redness, swollen area 6 hrs after vaccine, I had a 2 minute episode where tongue and mouth became numb, tingly , felt "funny" a few minutes, 2nd day I got a sore on tip of tongue and itchy tingly spot on bottom left llip Dr's office F 57
12/3/2020
 1  Shingles Vaccine Very dissatisfied. Got first shot 11-24-20. Arm was swollen and hot for 4 days...basically the worst case of "stomach Flu" I have ever had. I haven't had a flu shot since 2008 due to becoming violently ill. Haven't had the flu since. Will not be getting second shot. F 50
12/3/2020
 4   Very sore injection site right after and even still, 3 days later. It's also warm and red. I got a headache the night of the injection and the following day. I also felt flu like symptoms. Achy, ran a fever of 101.5, and had terrible teeth chattering chills. I missed a day of work. I will follow through with 2nd round though because everything I have read and heard about shingles sounds far more painful than a few days of some mild discomfort. I will plan the next dosage before my days off and plan to stay home and recoup. I recieved my injection at a local pharmacy and it was given by a trusted pharmacist. F 51
12/2/2020
 3   Red swollen surrounding injection site & beyond ... using ice & heat & ibuprofen.hot to touch. 1st dose 11/302020 @pharmacy Should provide better information to pharmacist regarding side effects so patients get that information.. F 79
12/2/2020
 3   Day 4 and my arm is swollen and red down from the injection site. Still painful and have to sleep with a pillow under my arm. Pain in the left side of my neck. Nervous about the thought of having to get the 2nd dose. Got it done at Walgreens. F 61
12/2/2020
 3   After part 1 of vaccine felt sick within 6 hrs, ended up in bed 2 days but no fever. I just had part 2 and within 4 hrs I was shaking, fever of 101.8, body pains. It has been 3 days and still feel awful with bad headaches and general feeling of being sick although no fever on day 3. This vaccine is wayyyyy worse than I thought. I would suggest to others considering the vaccine to take it on a Friday..this way you can recoup over weekend. Left upper arm. Painful still. F 64
12/2/2020
 2   1st dose was fine, no issues. Second dose hurt when it was given. Arm became very sore within an hour. 6 hours post injection I was freezing and could not get warm. Terrible body aches and fatigue. Have never felt that awful. Tylenol helped. Day 2 arm is still very sore and muscles are a bit achy. F 55
12/2/2020
 1   Severearm pain ,couldn't lift arm much for two days .Stayed in bed 48 hours ,nausea,diarreah,extreme fatigue. Slept a lot first 48 hours. Have had severe diarrhea for 3 weeks ,nausea ,stomach pain. Dr. attributes symptoms to shingles shot . Not good at all! First dose so far. Extremely painful shot. F 60
12/2/2020
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 1   Flu like symptoms, vomiting and severe headache. Stayed in bed the next day due to reactions. F 58
12/2/2020
 4  Shingles Vaccine Very uncomfortable pain at injection site for 4 days. Totally wiped out the day after, could not stay awake. No other side effects. F 57
12/1/2020
 2  Shingles Vaccine First vaccine yesterday. I was warned about a sore arm but ended up with flu like symptoms, tired, and massive headache. Took 1000 mg of ibuprofen just to get through my day. Not sure I will do second shot . This is awful. I have not felt this sick in years. Left arm. F 50
12/1/2020
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 4  Shingles Vaccine First shot on 9/26/20: very sore arm, lasting 7 days. Second shot on 11/28/20: much more severe reaction. Ten hours after injection, I ran fever of 101. Terrible headache and general fatique. Better after 2 days but still not energetic. Administered at local CVS. F 70
11/30/2020

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