Age: 82.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Post herpetic neuralgia, Pruritus, Sensitive skin, Ultrasound scan
Clinical narrative: skin felt funny; Nerve pain; Sensitive; Itching; Postherpetic Neuralgia; was diagnosed with shingles two weeks later; pain is awful/soreness; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via call center representative and described the occurrence of shingles in a 82-year-old female patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) (batch number 4JP7M, expiry date 21-NOV-2025) for prophylaxis.   Concurrent medical conditions included psoriasis.   On 19-JUL-2024, the patient received the 1st dose of Shingrix (intramuscular, left arm). On 25-JUL-2024, 6 days after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced pain (Verbatim: pain is awful/soreness). In AUG-2024, the patient experienced shingles (Verbatim: was diagnosed with shingles two weeks later). On an unknown date, the patient experienced post herpetic neuralgia (Verbatim: Postherpetic Neuralgia), disturbance of skin sensation (Verbatim: skin felt funny), nerve pain (Verbatim: Nerve pain), sensitive skin (Verbatim: Sensitive) and pruritus (Verbatim: Itching). The patient was treated with cortisone acetate (Cortisone), paracetamol (Tylenol), gabapentin and lidocaine hydrochloride (Lidocaine). The outcome of the shingles was resolved and the outcome of the post herpetic neuralgia, pain, nerve pain and sensitive skin were not resolved and the outcome of the disturbance of skin sensation and pruritus were not reported.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the shingles, post herpetic neuralgia, pain, disturbance of skin sensation, nerve pain, sensitive skin and pruritus to be related to Shingrix.     It was unknown if the company considered the shingles, post herpetic neuralgia, pain, disturbance of skin sensation, nerve pain, sensitive skin and pruritus to be related to Shingrix.   Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 10-SEP-2024 The reporter reported that the patient received first dose of Shingrix vaccine and was diagnosed with shingles two weeks later.  The patient reports that she thought her skin felt funny, and was very sensitive the week before she received the Shingrix vaccine (pre existing Shingrix).  The patient had a sore spot on her side (pre existing Shingrix), that she had for a month, and it kept getting more troublesome, and this sore spot is still there and has spread from her right side above her waist over to her naval.  This sore spot was very sensitive before receiving the Shingrix vaccine.  The patient saw her physician 6 days after receiving the Shingrix vaccine for soreness, and the physician did blood test and an ultrasound (no further information provided).  The physician told the patient to use Cortisone topical cream for the itching, (unknown product information) and to take Tylenol (unknown product information).  One week after the initial physician visit (two weeks after receiving the Shingrix vaccine), the patient went back to the doctor and saw a nurse practitioner that diagnosed her with shingles; and, prescribed Gabapentin 200 microgram, to take three times a day (unknown product information), for nerve pain.  The patient also now has postherpetic neuralgia, and states the pain is awaful.  The patient had tried oil (unknown product information) and Lidocaine patches (unknown product information) for the pain.  The patient had psoriasis (unknown if pre existing Shingrix).