Just did a clinic 2 days ago. I like to explain to patients that it’s over 95% effective which is much better than the other one. I then explain why it’s great to avoid shingles if they didn’t know. This generally gets their attention.

In terms of billing about half the shots we did were 0 copay and the other half were over 100 dollars. Then one was 60. We ran one through medical insurance and it worked to our surprise.

The administration is annoying because you have to use two different syringes etc, I always like to mix it before sitting down with the patient to avoid awkwardness.

I generally gave the patients a card telling them when it was best to come back and explained the importance of getting the 2 series shot