CVS finally has second dose of shingles vaccinations.
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Shingles Vaccine......Expensive
Comments (33)Alisande - maybe it is determined by the state. I just know that here in our area, Walgreens will give it but you need a script for it and I have been told the same is true at Publix (a local grocery store with pharmacy) and at CVS. There are independent doctors that will write the script - like at a walk in clinic but then you have their fees for a visit and if its not in your insurance plan, you pay for that. This one large medical clinic in our town has long time had a monopoly on providing medical care - has (had) a good reputation for its doctors. About 10 years ago, they tried to go into business with our regional hospital to build a cancer center in town. All of a sudden, they started demanding the hospital foot the bill for the building and equipment and they would "manage it and hire the doctors." The two had a falling out and each built its own cancer center. I know all about this since my husband works in Radiation Therapy in the hospital owned cancer center. The hospital is not for profit and of course the clinic is not so they send all their non paying cancer patients to where my husband works and the paying insured patients stay with them. Its the same with the vaccine - they want the money - more than the amount charged by the other places and they don't want to file the insurance, whereas the other places would. For us, we can afford to pay upfront and be reinbursed, but how many others don't have that luxury and perhaps are too young for Medicare. We will get it - hopefully before we get shingles!...See MoreNew shingles vaccine, bad reaction to second dose.
Comments (103)I wanted to give an update on my lingering shingles residual pain in my hip. I have been taking amitripitiline and tramadol 25 mg at night for a different condition. However it has helped reduce the intensity of the pain in my hip from the shingles. It has not completely gone away but it is much less painful and doesn't itch as much either. I am not happy about taking the tramadol nightly but since it is helping multiple problems I guess it is worth it....See MoreShingles vaccine side effects
Comments (35)Marlene, I'm sorry you had such a bad reaction to the shot, but it does make me feel a little less of a freak. I haven't heard the shingles pain described that quite way, but my dad was a tough one and to complain about the pain was notable. Still, I assumed it was because of the open wounds on the skin. It wasn't until DH had it that we both realized the real pain is a deep nerve pain -- something unlike anything we normally experience. DH had some reoccurrence in his back and shoulder and used a TENS unit that seemed to help. The pain I had in my arm more than a week or two after the shot (when the redness and swelling had gone down) was very deep. Gave me some appreciation for what DH had been dealing with. Pudgeder, good thing you got the Shingrix when you did! Bbstx, your neighbor's experience is a scary one. My cousin's husband had it get to his eyes but not in them -- that was the first time I'd hear that shingles could cause blindness. Scary stuff....See MoreDebating shingles vaccine, not vaccines, just the timing on this one!
Comments (57)The health dept. told me there were two pharmacies offering Shingrix in my community, CVS and one other regional chain one. My doctor is on haitus all month and I'm still debating on jumping ship. Either way, it will be at least a month before I can get any services from a personal physician. I still haven't heard back from my insurance company about coverage of the Shingrix, but I'll extrapolate from hubs experience with Aetna supplemental and project that it will be expensive for the vaccine and minimal if any coverage by my insurance company. I don't think my coverage will be better than his. But I have to find out for sure before I can maybe pursue some special program through our health department. But I'll bet that too will be minimal support. They need our money and have us over a barrel, so there you have it....See More
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