Report #2835100

Received Apr 9, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Unknown
Age: Age unknown
State: —
Recovered: Not recovered
Vaccinated: —
Onset: —
Days to onset: —
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARZOS	ZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)	UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER	UNK	UNK	—

Symptoms (1)

Herpes zoster

Symptom narrative

awful case of shingles; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of shingles in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, 3 weeks after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced shingles (Verbatim: awful case of shingles). The outcome of the shingles was not resolved. It was unknown if the reporter considered the shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 25-MAR-2025 The reporter reported one of her/his friends did vaccination and 3 weeks later she had an awful case of shingles. Went to physician and said gave me the vaccine and now get shingles. He said had a different strain could give another vaccine for that.