Husband got the ‘old’ shot about 5 years ago. He suffered periodically from shingles. He did get shingles this year, probably not as bad as he might have without the shot. We need to talk to doc about getting the ‘new’ shot.
Interesting that people here are getting 2 shots. Pretty sure he got one shot.
No one in my family remembers if I had chickenpox or not. I don’t so it would have happened when young if it happened. If you get a shingles shot without ever having had chickenpox pox, is it a problem?
The new Shingrix vaccine is given in two injections, 6 months apart. Said to be 90% effective, which is better than the previous vaccine.
I think the new one is a 2-shot deal. I believe it just became available earlier this year. But I am not a doctor, nor have I ever played one on TV.
“Interesting that people here are getting 2 shots. Pretty sure he got one shot.”
The “old” one was just one shot. The new one which just came out late 2017 is a two shotter. Old one didn’t hurt but people are complaining about soreness with new one.