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Pharmacist Lindsay Kufta administered the first shingles vaccination at Hope Pharmasave last week to Linda VanDerMuelen. A doctor’s note is not required for the vaccine.
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Local pharmacy offers shingles vaccine
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Hope Pharmasave is now certified to administer shingles vaccinations. A growing number of cases in the community recently prompted pharmacist Michael McLouglin to seek out relief for his patients. The relatively new Zostavax vaccine decreases the likelihood of getting shingles and reduces the severity of long-term pain if it does occur. “When people do get their at-
tacks we see how bad they get,” he last several weeks and cause skin said. infections and scarring. “Some will be so bad that they’re The nerve pain that comes from six months on shingles can last morphine. That’s for months, or rare but poseven years, after “So if you can get sible. When you the rash heals. see them suffer vaccinated earlier in life, Shingles is like that and you caused by the you’re going to get a know that it can same virus that better response...” be prevented, as causes chickena health profespox, a virus that Michael McLoughlin sional you just reremains in your ally want to help.” body but may Shingles is a stay inactive for painful, blistering rash that can years. Stress and a weakened im-
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mune system have been linked as triggers. “One of the key things is that immunity declines with age,” said McLoughlin. “So if you can get vaccinated earlier in life, you’re going to get a better response then if you wait until you’re 80.” People don’t require a doctor’s note to get the vaccine. Some extended medical plans will also cover the expense. For more information on Shingles or the vaccine, visit Hope Pharmasave or set up an appointment with a pharmacist.
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