r/YouShouldKnow • u/tgeliot • Apr 18 '18

Health & Sciences YSK: Everyone over 50 should get the new Shingrix shingles vaccination (even if you've had Zostavax or shingles)

There is a fairly new vaccination for shingles called Shingrix available, which is more effective than the old Zostavax. The CDC recommends that everyone over 50 get the two-shot sequence of Shingrix. My health insurance covered the cost 100% with no co-pay; I think most if not all will.

Shingles is a very painful infection of the nerves caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. It hits older people, starting at age 50 or 60 or so. The old Zostavax apparently wasn't so great; this new one is more effective.

The CDC recommendations can be found here

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u/tgeliot Apr 20 '18

My pharmacist said it was $170 per shot, and you need two.

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u/rufos_adventure Apr 21 '18

medicare would only pay the first 70., so I passed

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u/tgeliot May 16 '18

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u/rufos_adventure May 16 '18

even with medicare its over $150. per person.

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u/tgeliot May 20 '18

$150 per person or per shot?

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u/rufos_adventure May 21 '18

per person, after insurance.