08-02-2014, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
Since I'm reading here where the vaccine won't protect you anyway, why would one want to get it in the first place. Doesn't make sense to.
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Actually, it's supposed to reduce the risk of getting shingles considerably. Of course it doesn't offer 100% protection, but it does help significantly.
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Originally Posted by The Wikipedia Gods of Accuracy
The zoster vaccine (trade name Zostavax) is a live vaccine developed by Merck & Co. that has been shown to reduce the incidence of herpes zoster (known as shingles) by 51.3% in a study of 38,000 adults aged 60 and older who received the vaccine. The vaccine also reduced by 66.5% the number of cases of postherpetic neuralgia and reduced the severity and duration of pain and discomfort associated with shingles, by 61.1%. The zoster vaccine is, essentially, a larger-than-normal dose of the chickenpox vaccine (Varivax, Varilrix), as both shingles (prevented by Zostavax) and chickenpox (prevented by Varivax/Varilrix, even prevented by Zostavax as well) are caused by the same virus, the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
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