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Had Shingles shot and now have PMR

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 17 3:40am | Replies (78)
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I am interested in our shared case histories. I received the old Zoster vaccine
years before my PMR. Six months before my disease onset I had the first
new Shingrix dose. My PMR hit suddenly after return from a very physically
active trip in Europe. While on 5 mg prednisone I had a “mild” Zoster episode
in the scalp with some nuisance neuralgia remaining. Needless to say I never
went for the second Shingrix.
Of interest the old version Zostavax is still widely used in Europe and research
is now pointing to a probable protective effect of that vaccine against Alzheimer’s. It didn’t work on my Shingles!

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barbaraphyllis | @barbaraphyllis | Nov 7, 2023

I call this “damned if you do and damned if you don’t” I know I will never do the second dose and would give anything to have passed on getting the first dose last January.
PMR makes us immuno
compromised so vaccines are less effective at protecting us.
Sorry you had to deal with PMR from the vaccine only to get shingles.

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