Shingles Shot

[CouldBworse]

Is it safe to get the shingles shot if I have CLL? If yes, which one ?

[MsLockYourPosts Passed Volunteer]

The new Shringex shot is the one recommended for us. The old one contains a live virus. It is recommended that we not get any live virus vaccines.

[CouldBworse in reply to MsLockYourPosts]

Thank you. I read somewhere that live cultures are bad for CLL. Is shringrex a two part shot ?

[MsLockYourPosts Passed Volunteer in reply to CouldBworse]

Yes, Shingrex is a two part shot.

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Yes it is safe, but the name is spelled Shingrix (no E ).

Here are the past 85 discussions about it: healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

Len

[sweatbee]

CouldBworse,

I was diagnosed April 2019 with SLL. On watch and wait since then.

I've had the Shingrix shots (2/29/2020 & 7/28/2020) with no complications whatsoever. Injection site was sore for 3 or 4 days though.

Hal

[janvog]

If you can get it, take it, because shingles is very taxing and may provoke complications. I had shingles and the acute phase took about three weeks. It left me with periodic post-herpetic neuralgia irritation on one side of the torso.

[KirbyBH]

Yes, get the shot. Two shots 3-4 months apart is what I had. No side effects other than a sore arm and I have been W&W for almost 15 years now.