{"id":20979,"date":"2023-01-25T16:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=20979"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:08:38","slug":"can-i-get-the-shingles-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/20979","title":{"rendered":"Can I get the shingles vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>A shingles vaccine is recommended. In most cases this is for people over 60. As you are 59 this would be a discussion with your doctor. Are you having this conversation with your GP or an HIV specialist doctor?<\/p>\n<p>To access the vaccine, there are a few requirements. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 60.<\/li>\n<li>CD4 count greater than 200<\/li>\n<li>On established on ART.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These requirements are because the shingles vaccine is live. For a live vaccine it is important you have an immune system that can handle this type of vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>It is also advised to have testing for chicken pox if you are unsure if you&#8217;ve had it in the past. This is because it would be better to have the chicken pox vaccine rather than the shingles vaccine in this case.<\/p>\n<p>As far as a functional cure goes, the UK has started offering injectables. This is a treatment that requires an injection once every 2 month instead of taking a daily pill.<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m on Biktarvy, diagnosed 2018 RITA test showed recent infection, undetectable fairly quickly. I&#8217;m 59 and I asked about getting the shingles vaccine but was told only at 70. However reading more info it recommends getting the vaccine regardless of age.<\/p>\n<p>Would I need to get it privately as clinician has said no need to have it? Also, is it really realistic and potentially possible to achieve a functional cure? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-living-with-hiv-long-term"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20980,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979\/revisions\/20980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}