Shingles vaccines, chickenpox, Shingrix

That is the way it should be. Hope it goes through. How could you prove that?

 

I have documentation of below normal ranges of CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes from a virologist. Also a history of low WBC over the years. My diagnosis of ME/CFS should be sufficient I think.

I've seen other specialists that my GP is unaware of though.

 

So the doctor and pharmacist aren't sure exactly when to get vaccinated with Shingrix after infection but if you still have symptoms it's best to wait one year because of side effects from the vaxx.

The Rx was sent in so I will wait one year

 

GSK studying if best-selling shingles vaccine lowers dementia risk

https://www.reuters.com/business/he...gles-vaccine-lowers-dementia-risk-2025-03-25/

Interesting.

 

I posted a study here in 2023

 

From one of the authors:

"What’s next? We want to run a randomized clinical trial. This relies on philanthropy because we want to trial a version of the old shingles vaccine (that’s what we’ve all the evidence for!), which is no longer being manufactured. Reach out if you want to help fund!"
https://twitter.com/user/status/1907476798356730156

 

Really? I thought it was the current one? Any evidence for the current one?

 

"Yesterday, the journal Nature published a study on the shingles vaccine and dementia. 2 years ago I wrote a review of the authors pre-print, and why I’m not convinced it’s true. Link in replies. Stay tuned for an updated review of the Nature publication."

https://twitter.com/user/status/1907789908447572387

 

From the link above:

From the archive: "Shingles vaccine & dementia prevention: too good to be true?

 

Live zoster vaccination and cardiovascular outcomes: a nationwide, South Korean study, 2025, Sooji Lee et al

 

Shingles Vaccine Lowers Heart Disease Risk

Writing in the European Heart Journal, the authors of the current study report that they included health information in their study from 1,271,922 individuals aged 50 years or greater that was collected between 2012 and 2021. Of these individuals, some had the live shingles vaccination (e.g., SKYZoster) and some did not.

The results showed that those who were vaccinated had a 26% reduction in risk for major cardiovascular events (a stroke, heart attack, or death from heart disease) and a 23% reduction in risk for all cardiovascular events compared with unvaccinated individuals. Protection was greatest in the two to three years after vaccination but continued for up to eight years.