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Does my mom need a varicella or a shingles vaccination?

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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline to prevent shingles in adults age 50 and older, but not chicken pox. read more

Before administration of zoster vaccine, patients do not need to be asked about their history of varicella (chickenpox) or to have serologic testing conducted to determine varicella immunity. So according to American recommendations your mother should get the shingles vaccination without the need to test for antibodies against varicella. read more

How the shot helped my mom. At age 74, upon my urging, both my mom and my dad decided to finally get a shingles shot. Even though my mom may have had shingles decades earlier, she knew she could get them again. And she had no desire to live through that pain. Still, four years later, my mom came down with shingles. read more

Two doses of varicella vaccine are recommended for all children, adolescents, and adults without evidence of immunity to varicella. Those who previously received one dose of varicella vaccine should receive their second dose for best protection against the disease. read more

After shingles and a year of postherpetic neuralgia, a painful condition that made it difficult to sleep, DiCarlo, an infectious disease specialist at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, counts himself among the supporters of the shingles vaccine. The shingles vaccine Zostavax was licensed in the U.S. in 2006. read more

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