Reviewer: SE, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I am 53 and my doc recommended the "Shingles vaccination". Got it 10 days ago into the upper left arm. The following 3-4 days the injection site hurt and a lump formed, I avoided spleeping on that side. Then on day 4 or 5 it felt like a sensation of "discomfort" was spreading through my upper left side, rip cage and I got a bit dizzy. After half a day that went away, it felt li ... Show Full Comment

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I am 53 and my doc recommended the "Shingles vaccination". Got it 10 days ago into the upper left arm. The following 3-4 days the injection site hurt and a lump formed, I avoided spleeping on that side. Then on day 4 or 5 it felt like a sensation of "discomfort" was spreading through my upper left side, rip cage and I got a bit dizzy. After half a day that went away, it felt like my body finally started doing something. The injection site issues disappeared together with this discomfort and dizzyness. I thought I was done...but no. Today, about 10 days later I woke up with a rash in the lumbar area, curiusly on both sides of the body. Rash with little bumps, some textures, looks like chickenpox. While there is no evidence that this is related to the vaccination I am quite sure. I am totally healthy otherwise, never get rashes or even virus infections easily. This would be just too much coincidence. I'll watch it, hope I am done with the side effects soon. My doc did not warn me of the potential of even getting shingles or chicken pox. I would have not gone the vaccine. My bad - I should have done my homework better and googled more about Zostavax.
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Reviewer: Fatlip, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I'm on my 6th fever blister since being vaccinated 3 months ago. Mild rash occurred at injection site for about a week, no problem. I can only hope it actually works as shingles prevention since it's aggravated my life-long herpes simplex into a super problem as they appear without the usual trigger (sun exposure without min SPF 18 lip balm) and recur less than a week after the previous one finall ... Show Full Comment

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I'm on my 6th fever blister since being vaccinated 3 months ago. Mild rash occurred at injection site for about a week, no problem. I can only hope it actually works as shingles prevention since it's aggravated my life-long herpes simplex into a super problem as they appear without the usual trigger (sun exposure without min SPF 18 lip balm) and recur less than a week after the previous one finally goes away. It's been super for my social life-it's always attractive when your having a conversation and your lip starts to bleed. Hope this is temporary!
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Reviewer: Newmom95, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I had a cold sore on my lip in 1984 (on my Honeymoon,no less). I got the Zostavax vaccine three weeks ago, no reaction, redness, pain, etc. Two days ago I woke up to a huge cold sore on my lip. It tingles, itches, hurts, etc. Caused by the vaccine? I believe it is.

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I had a cold sore on my lip in 1984 (on my Honeymoon,no less). I got the Zostavax vaccine three weeks ago, no reaction, redness, pain, etc. Two days ago I woke up to a huge cold sore on my lip. It tingles, itches, hurts, etc. Caused by the vaccine? I believe it is.
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Reviewer: braumy, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I had shingles 4 years ago lasting about a month. I recieved the vaccine three weeks to prevent any recurrence, the shot was not painful, had some redness and soreness at the site for 3 days, no problems after that.

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I had shingles 4 years ago lasting about a month. I recieved the vaccine three weeks to prevent any recurrence, the shot was not painful, had some redness and soreness at the site for 3 days, no problems after that.
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Reviewer: splash2, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Got the Zostavax today. Within 5 min of getting it,felt weird,like a "rush". Then my head felt pressure,hard to discribe. I have controlled high BP but since I had the shot at a Pharmacy, I took my BP there and it was 179/95 p.82. This is very high for me. I am allergic to ACE inhibitors, aspirin and tetracylines and told nurse who screened me of this. Had also seen my primary Dr. in the ... Show Full Comment

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Got the Zostavax today. Within 5 min of getting it,felt weird,like a "rush". Then my head felt pressure,hard to discribe. I have controlled high BP but since I had the shot at a Pharmacy, I took my BP there and it was 179/95 p.82. This is very high for me. I am allergic to ACE inhibitors, aspirin and tetracylines and told nurse who screened me of this. Had also seen my primary Dr. in the am and he didn't warn me of any such side effects.As I waited after the shot, BP fell to 155/80. I went home to lie down and took a BP med. After 40 min. pressure went down again. But still felt weird and spacey. After reading all the bad reactions here AFTER I had the vaccine, I wish I hadn't taken it. Who knows what the future will bring? I felt super before taking it but now,really "out of it". If it gets worst, I will call Dr . Looks like I may be in in for the ride of my life! Merck may be experimenting with Srs. to perfect this Vax. Certainly we will be collateral damage.
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