Patients with plaque psoriasis who are treated with immunosuppressive biologics have an increased risk for herpes zoster (HZ) reactivation. These patients should receive shingles vaccine before psoriasis treatment begins, according to Myron Levin, MD, a professor of pediatrics medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, in Aurora.
“Psoriasis patients who are at risk to becoming immune compromised because they are going to be treated heavily should