Shingles Vaccine WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Shingles Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control recommends a single dose of the shingles vaccine for those over 60 years of age.1 The vaccine will not treat the disease. It is used to help prevent shingles. Those who have had the vaccine but still develop shingles are less likely to develop the complications of shingles.2
Fast Facts:
- Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk of getting shingles.1
- Zostavax, the shingles vaccine, was licensed in 2006.3
- This is a live vaccine that works by stimulating the immune system.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 eMedTV: Shingles Vaccine
- ↑ American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Shingles (Zoster) Vaccine
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Shingles Vaccines, Zoster vaccine
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
