Annals of Long Term Care

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  • Issue Number: 
    9B Supplement

    Prevention of Herpes Zoster in Older Adults: Where Do We Stand with the Herpes Zoster Vaccine?
    Michael N. Oxman, MD

    Why do we need a herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine? First, there are more than 1 million new cases of HZ in the United States each year, and that number will increase as the population ages.1,2 Second, once HZ develops, no treatment presently available, including early antiviral therapy (with or without corticosteroids) and pain medications, can prevent the most frequent debilitating complication of HZ, postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).3,4

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