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Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix): Is it advisable for transplant patients?
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2022 | Replies (111)Comment receiving replies
Hi all,
I am a transplant patient. My question is how much immunity can we expect from vaccinations taken AFTER transplant with immune suppression drugs? Are the results similar to the covid-19 vaccine (50% chance of developing antibodies) or the results better for the pneumovax 23, Hep A and B, Shingrix vaccines?
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@hello1234 That's a good question. I wondered about that also but I read somewhere that the other vaccinations do provide immunity. Perhaps they provide less immunity but some immunity is better than none.
Transplant patients have always been advised to get flu shots so I presume that they must feel the flu shots do give us similar immunity from the flu that patients not on immunosuppressants get. I would love to see this answered by someone with real facts though.
JK