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Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine

Posted by ssbionicknee @ssbionicknee, Sep 20, 2018

I got the flu shot and the new shingles vaccination 3 days ago. Today I started feeling sick to my stomach. I've never had a reaction to the flu shot and was wondering if anyone else felt sick after getting the shingles vaccine?

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my44 | @my44 | Nov 4 9:56am
In reply to @vaspsuie88 "The ER staff was dumbfounded! EKG and labs were ok. Been on Amlodipine 5mg for last..." + (show)
@vaspsuie88

The ER staff was dumbfounded! EKG and labs were ok. Been on Amlodipine 5mg for last 5 days. BP finally coming down, 169/104. The only issue, relative or not, was I just started taking Omeprazole. This was 2 days after 1st dose of Shingrix. I'm finding this med might have increased the bp as well. Not sure how to determine root cause! Hope my PCP can make sense of this.

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@vaspsuie88
Thanks for the update. You're right. Since you got the shingles vaccine and started taking Omeprazole within a couple of days of each other, it's hard to tell if one, or the other, or a combination of the two caused the rise in bp. In any case, I'm glad that you're on Amlodipine and your numbers are coming down now. In addition to checking with your PCP about what may have caused your bp to spike, you can check with your pharmacist. A pharmacist will usually know way more about drug side effects and interactions with other drugs than your PCP.
Also, it's always frustrating to me when it's apparent that you have an issue but diagnostic tests and labs show that everything is okay. Hope you can get some definitive answers soon.

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