Shingles Vaccine?
 

Anyone know about the shingles vaccine and MS. I don't really get any information on it and I'm afraid to get it without knowing more info. With ms you're just afraid to do anything like this, I just think enough is not known.
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I never take any of the vaccines offered today. There's just too much unknown about them and I have enough to deal with having MS.

I'm with Kitty, avoiding vaccines when I can
I've had Shingles and, most certainly,wouldn't
want it again:eek:, I'm more afraid of the vaccine.

The ad states "if you've had Chicken Pox the shingles virus is already inside of you". Okay, I've had Chicken Pox. If that's true then why would I take the vaccine?

Shingles vaccine is a live virus vaccine, isn't it?

http://www.mymsaa.org/news-msaa/925-...vaccine-safety

I'm with Kitty and Sally on the vaccine thing. If you have a shingles outbreak and want a more natural approach for treating it, L-lysine (an amino acid-building block of protein), inhibits its replication and is often just as effective as the medications used to treat it.

With love, Erika

I think I'm with all of you, enough problems with ms, I don't want the vaccine. My mom had shingles 2 times, very miserable, I'll just have to take the chance.:)

I saw my mother, who did not get vaccinated, suffer with shingles and it was worse than than the multiple myeloma that ultimately killed her. I ran out and got the shingles vaccination the moment they offered it to people under 60. There were no problems for me at all with it.

If you have a compromised immune system, I can understand having concerns about live virus vaccines, but I think the mistrust of vaccines in general is getting out of control in the U.S. The science just doesn't support claims made by anti-vaxxers, especially the stuff about them causing autism in children. And there's no denying that vaccines have saved millions of lives and have prevented the disablement of millions more.

We can all choose what we do concerning this, but I'm going with what the scientists say. If I had to go through what my mother did on top of all the pain and misery of MS, I'm not sure i'd want to stay around for that.

I had shingles in 1995/96 when I was about 27yrs old. I had shingles at the same time as I had mononucleosis. I have a scar on my chest that follows the line of my bra and down to just below my armpit. It was extremely painful to have shingles where I had it. (some of the rash had broken open and got slightly infected. Probably because of where it was located)

I really do think that having shingles AND mononucleosis at the same time had something to do with my MS symptoms starting during the year after that. I had vertigo a lot, and occasionally my fingers would feel numb for a day or two. I never realized what all that was until actually I found out that I had MS.

I don't know if I can get shingles again. I hope I don't. Because having it once sucked, and I'm pretty sure it had something to do with "waking up" my MS.

I got the shingles vaccine a few years ago. NO problems developed. I do not have MS but I do have PN and a host of other conditions. I am not a pro nor con of vaccines, I just did not want to deal with shingles. I was diagnosed with shingles about 50 years ago but who knows if that diagnosis was right or wrong. I got the vaccination and am supposedly protected for the rest of my life against a shingles outbreak,..... so they say.

If I were you, I would consult with the doctor that is treating you for your MS and see what his/her opinion is about it and then it is ultimately your choice.

when i turned 60 i did get the vaccine. i spoke to several of my drs; pcp, neuro etc and the conclusion was that the benefit outweighed the risk (of getting shingles).

i did fine. i also get the flu vaccine every yr and do fine. some people don't but i do. so, that may be the Q you need to ask and answer for yourself. does the benefit of the vaccine outweigh the risk of getting shingles.

I had shingles 5 l/2 years ago, running from my left hip to the foot. It was the most painful thing I've had, but the pain was helped a lot by demerol in the hospital. Also one of the anti-shingles drugs (forget which one) cured it rapidly. That is the key for me--that there are medications which cure shingles rapidly. So, knowing that if I got it again it could be cured rapidly, I would rather not risk taking the vaccine.
For me, the problems with vaccines are the adjuvants, the things they add to make the disease-related part work better. I've looked at lists of adjuvants in flu vaccines and I know they would make me sick, as they are usually poisonous in themselves. For many people, detoxing these poisons is a job their metabolism takes care of easily. For others of us, the metabolic process may not work so well to detox these things. That's why I can't take them any more.
It took me two months after shingles to walk without a walker, and I was on demerol for a few weeks afterwards. It was not fun but there WERE things to help, that's the ticket for me.
Erika, one question: If L-Lysine helps with Shingles, would it help neuropathy? I have neuropathy in the legs and feet, and sometimes the neuropathy runs down the same nerve as the shingles did, only less severely (not at demerol level). I take a lot of supplements to fight this, especially including magnesium, and often I can fight off all of the pain, although not the numbness in the feet, which is dangerous in walking, although good shoes (Wolky sandals) help a lot. I have not had success with taking amino acids in singularities, but I am still curious as to what L-Lysine does in this case.

I got to thinking about this and Googled it. Unfortunately, yes, it can come back. Also, the vaccine is only around 50% effective. So maybe it wouldn't be worth it for someone who has a higher likelihood of having a bad reaction. And it scares the bejeebers out of me that I could still get it!

But it's true that they have medications that can help a lot once you have it. Seems the key is to contact a doctor ASAP because the window of opportunity is very small. Go to a store clinic if it's the weekend or evening...don't wait!

Mariel,
To the best of my knowledge, L-lysine does nothing for the symptoms of neuropathy. It does apparently inhibit replication of the herpes zoster in the nucleus of the nerve cells, which causes shingles though.

I take a high dose of Omega 3 for the neuropathic pain along with LDN and those seems to take the edge off of many symptoms for me; including neuropathic pain.

With love, Erika.