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Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 4 9:56am | Replies (141)Comment receiving replies
I have just had the same experience, Have you found a way to reverse the effects? My BP is routinely 120/80 +/- 5pts. Was sent to ER after spiking to 234/112. I never had an adverse reaction to any vaccines until now. Any guidance would be helpful!
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@vaspsuie88
So sorry to hear that you've had such a dramatic rise in blood pressure in response to getting the shingles vaccine. I know that everyone is different and respond differently. Fortunately, I didn't have any side effects to the first or second shot, but many people on this thread have. Is your blood pressure still spiking as high as it did right after the shot, or has it settled back down? What did the docs in the ER say and do? Did they put you on any medications? If you're still dealing with this adverse effect, I pray that you get complete resolution sooner rather than later and once again get back to your norm of 120/80. ❤️
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I am still dealing with some of the (mainly neurological) after effects of Shingrix. I would advise you to go the VAERS website ( https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html ) and report this.
The blood pressure spikes lasted about 10 weeks, gradually more or less getting closer to normal. My doctor put me on Amlodipine for blood pressure, but it made my chronic fatigue much worse. I found some celery extract supplement that I took for a while that seemed to help slightly to lower HBP. Mainly, it seemed like most of the BP spikes followed meals and I also had some bad gastro effects starting right after the vaccine. I ended up having to cut a lot of things out of my diet for a while and still can not tolerate some things I used to be able to eat.