Shingles Vaccine / Shot — Contains a Small Amount of Neomycin...

[Micky]

Hi, I'm due for Shingles jab / shot next week, but I read that the vaccine contains Neomycin, albeit only a small amount or so they say...

I'm really not sure whether to go ahead with it as Neomycin is listed as ototoxic...

Any help or advice really appreciated... Thank you.

 

[Michael B]

You don't want Shingles. There's a new 2-part Shingles shot. I got the first one last week. No problem.

 

[JimChicago]

You don't want Shingles. There's a new 2-part Shingles shot. I got the first one last week. No problem.

I had the opposite experience.

Reactions hours after the supposedly new and improved 2-shot regime Shingrix shot are the same reactions and same intensity as my original noise-induced tinnitus. I picked up a new 3rd tone/pitch and the ~14 kHz pitch became more intense. In the past 5 months since the first of two Shingrix shots, the new 3rd tone has gone away, but the ~14 kHz pitch intensity is without a doubt more intense and constant than before.

Quality of life has definitely degraded due to the Shingrix shot.

The FDA has documented several scientific, peer review studies of the causal relationship that Shingles has to tinnitus.

Regardless of whether tinnitus is a direct Shingrix side effect or whether the body's process of developing a VZV (shingles virus) immune response via Shingrix results in the documented VZV (shingles virus) physiological response/complication of tinnitus, the take-away for readers is the same: A Shingrix recipient is clearly at risk of experiencing tinnitus.

 

[Thymus]

You are potentially damned if you get the Shingrix vaccine, and potentially damned if you don't get the Shingrix vaccine. I fortunately have not had shingles, which can be mild or severe. In severe cases, pain can last for months. There are many possible nasty complications from shingles, including tinnitus. Approximately 1/3 of the unvaccinated adult population will suffer from shingles at least once in their lifetime.

Although tinnitus is not listed by the FDA or GSK (the maker of Shingrix) as a possible complication/adverse event from the vaccine, it unfortunately was almost certainly a complication for me along with sudden hearing loss. Prompt treatment resulted in full restoration of my hearing, but the tinnitus seems to be permanent. My doctor believes that both were the result of the Shingrix vaccine and told me not to get the 2nd dose. I did not get the 2nd dose. (However, a single dose still provides significant protection against shingles, and my doctor and I both were aware of that.)

I don't think anyone can predict who will get shingles or how severe it will be. Similarly, nobody can predict who will have a severe adverse reaction to the Shingrix vaccine. I honestly don't know which has the best or worst odds.

There are many reported cases of both tinnitus and hearing loss on the CDC's VAERS database, which anyone can search. Also, anyone can report their own Adverse Event from any vaccine. Although the overall number of reports for both tinnitus and hearing loss are relatively low, it appears that the Shingrix vaccine may have more reports of hearing loss or tinnitus than from any other vaccine since Shingrix was introduced---at least before the massive coronavirus vaccination campaign began.