you should not get the shingles vaccine if you are having a definite outbreak of shingles. the decision to get vaccinated should be made with your doctor and be based on your specific circumstances. generally a person should make sure the shingles rash has disappeared before getting vaccinated. how often people who have had shingles get another attack is not entirely clear. some studies suggest that the risk of a recurrent attack of shingles is rare. however a minnesota study found that 5. 6% of patients suffered another shingles attack in an 8 year period. talk with your doctor about the shingles vaccine. since the down side of the shingles vaccine is low the general recommendation is to get the shingles vaccine to help prevent another attack. remember that no vaccine is a 100% effective but shingles is extremely painful and for adults 60 and older the shingles vaccine is recommended regardless of whether you have had a prior shingles attack.
i had tingling in my back before i had a shingles breakout. is it too late to get the shot if i have the tingling again? . the tingling occurred periodically in my back before the breakout. and went away after the breakout. now i am having the tingling again. is it too late for the shingles vaccine?