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Old 09-02-2010, 06:06 PM
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My understanding of the vaccine for people who have had shingles, P, is it helps prevent after shingles pain or postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). I still have some pain just every so often. Not bad at all. The vaccine is only 51 percent effective. I don't know how effective it is for PHN.