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Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 4 9:56am | Replies (141)

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@embwbam

I got the new Shingles vaccine yesterday. 50 years old and healthy and normally no reaction to vaccines, beyond the Anthrax vaccine in the mid-90s during my stint in the Army. This shingles vaccine, within 12 hours had me in a low grade fever with chills/sweats, massive headache, fatigue, major soreness at the injection site/surrounding muscles, and an odd feeling that I weighed much more than usual, like I was weighted down with concrete blocks. I put off any analgesics until 24 hours after the shot, then took 400 mg Ibuprofen, which has seemed to ease the issues a lot. Will update further if it progresses

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@embwbam Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Look forward to your update and hope all goes well.