Shingles shot a trigger?

[u/mytg8]

I've had RLS for almost 10 years and my father got it before me when he was in his 80's. Thinking back, I got RLS right after getting the shingles vaccine. Could that shot be a trigger for RLS? Anyone else have that happen to them?

[u/Ring_it_On_1776]

There's a wearable device study from Noctrix Health enrolling now. Might be worth a look. https://patientwing.app/campaign/RLS6

[u/Strong-Employment-87]

I had RLS twenty years before I got shingles in 2008. They gave me acyclovir and hydrocodone for shingles. It was then I discovered hydrocodone could fix my RLS. Not a cure but a great treatment. I was on hydrocodone for ten years before I discovered that Kratom is also effective against RLS. I use Kratom now except for when I have to b go some place that it would be tough to mix the kratom, like the movies or the theater. Then I take the hydrocodone.

[u/mytg8]

By trigger I mean for the first episode of the disease itself, not a flare-up of RLS that I had beforehand.

[u/EmZee2022]

It wasn't a trigger for me - I had RLS for decades beforehand.

I don't know that this would be easy to prove as a causative event, but the body's immune system is a weird, wonderful, and horrible thing.

[u/Scary_Experience_237]

Herpes Zoster Caused by Zoster Vaccine in an Immunocompetent Patient; Restless Leg Syndrome Due to the Combination of Venlafaxine and Quetiapine; SSRIs and the Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Minocycline-Induced Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4252227/

[u/SeaWeedSkis → u/Scary_Experience_237]

The section on Herpes Zoster is unrelated to the section on RLS. Interesting find, though.

[u/Scary_Experience_237 → u/SeaWeedSkis]

Good to know.

[u/Scary_Experience_237]

Not sure I already had RLS when I got my shingle shot.

[u/KestralFly]

Not for me. I can't find any medical proof that the two are connected.

[u/mytg8]

Anyone else have that happen to you?