The investigators evaluated the impact of live attenuated zoster vaccination on stroke and MI risk in adults indicated for vaccination—those 50 years and older (93.02% of both the vaccinated ...
The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under treatment with anifrolumab (Saphnelo) from having herpes zoster attacks, ...
Patients who get shingles can still receive the vaccine, which reduces the chances of another outbreak.. A shingles rash. (Wikimedia Commons) One of Fellin’s patients, Kathleen Ruscett of ...