I think the Shingrx is rated 80% effective while the previous one was,50%. Shingles can be very nasty esp the long term lingering nerve pain..
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 3:53 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Did you talk to the Dr about the effectiveness of this vaccine? I had > understood that Shingrix (sp?) was much better than the previously > available alternative and it was the one to get. However, recently there > have been suggestions that it may only be effective for about 4 years. > If that should be the case, I wonder if it is worth doing. I don't know > what you folks have to pay for it but here it is not covered and the > cost is about $300. > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
