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Chronic pain survey
A few of you unlucky readers will have chronic pain for one reason or another: a new QUESTIONNAIRE has been sent me us!!! Help spread awareness of chronic pain by clicking on...
View ArticleVaccine to Prevent Shingles
A vaccine for the prevention of shingles is available. If you are 70 to 79 years old, you are eligible. The vaccine (known as Zostavax®▼) is provided from your regular GP, pharmacists or private...
View ArticleGive your ideas about treatment for shingles pain
Dr Matthew Ridd wants to run a trial on preventing shingles pain. First, he needs to find out how people with shingles would respond to a survey following them for about three months (?) afterwards...
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A second vaccine now available in the UK
Some people will be glad to learn that a second vaccine to prevent shingles in people over 50 is now available in the UK. Currently people aged 70 to 79 years can get a one-dose vaccine to prevent...
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Now, shingles vaccine for 65 yr olds
From 1st September 2023, as soon as you have your 65th birthday, you will be entitled to have the new two-dose Shingrix vaccine. This is very effective in preventing shingles. People with normal...
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Shingles vaccine, Shingrix, when you reach 65
From 1st September, GPs can give you the shingles vaccine Shingrix when you reach your 65th birthday! This is only available to you while you are 65. People who are 66-69 years old will still have to...
View ArticleWhy can’t I have the shingles vaccine?
The Shingles Support Society (email info@shinglessupport.org.uk and helpline 0845 123 2305) has been getting a lot of ‘enquiries’ (well, they are often rants!) from people between 65+ and 70 who do...
View ArticleExperts call for chickenpox vaccine for infants
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in the UK has looked at the evidence and recommends that the NHS should start giving infants a chickenpox vaccine. The medical name for chickenpox...
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So why did they choose the 65+ to get the shingles vaccine and not the 69+
Many people have complained to us about the unfairness of giving the shingles vaccine to ‘young’ 65-year-olds and not to their ‘more at risk’ 69-year-old elders! (They are more at risk as the risk...
View ArticleGet a shingles jab by taking part in a trial
The shingles jab trial is called “ZostaFluCov.” Herpes zoster – “Zosta” – is the name for a recurrnces of chickenpox, commongly called shingles. People over 50 can sign up for this trial. This could...
View ArticleAre you in the first days of shingles?
Take part in a survey, they will reimburse you for your time! And tell them you found out about it from the Shingles Support Society so they give us a “finder’s fee” too! They say “My name is...
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