Last week, my husband and I both got the shingles immunization. I had an extreme reaction, redness, swelling, itching, burning and itchy eyes, sore and burning throat and a lot of pain and itching in the arm of the shot. My doctor prescribed the M-pac antihistimines, Augmenten for antibiotics and Vicodin for the pain. The pain, redness, swelling and itchy, burning eyes are gone, but the sore throat and general tiredness and weakness remain. Is this normal? My husband had a very mild redness at the sight of the shot. I am in very good health as I work out 5 days a week, am 65 and in very good condition. Feeling teary-eyed and unable to complete tasks in totally not normal for me.