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Jun 1
FDA Approves ZOSTAVAX® Vaccine Against Shingles in Adults Age 60 and Older
The FDA has approved Merck's new vaccine for prevention of herpes zoster (shingles) in individuals 60 years of age and older. The vaccine, ZOSTAVAX®, is the first an only drug approved for the prevention of shingles, an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that results to blisters and intense pain.
Anyone who has been infected with chickenpox -- that's more than 90 percent of adults in the United States -- is at risk for developing shingles. The incidence and severity of shingles, as well as the frequency and severity of its complications, increase with age. About 40 to 50 percent of the estimated 1 million cases of shingles that occur in the United States each year occur in people age 60 and older. Shingles can be unpredictable and can occur without warning at any time.
The vaccine is a single dose injection of a live, attenuated zoster virus, and as such may not be used for immunosuppressed individuals, including those in high dose corticosteroid therapy and pregnant women. Details about the vaccine, its clinical trials results and safety profile were indicated in Merck's press release.

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Who will be prividing this vaccine in CA 94949 area? And when? Does anybody know?

it is already available, under prescription. your doctor can order it from Merck.

more info on zostavax here: http://www.zostavax.com/ --there are pdf files you can download for prescribing and product infos.

there you go george...thanks ruth! for the rescue. ;-)

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