This includes acyclovir famciclovir and.
Tablets for shingles pain.
These may also help you stave off postherpetic neuralgia which is a burning pain that some people get after the rash and blisters of shingles go away.
If your shingles pain lasts eight to 12 weeks after the rash goes away you re part of an unfortunate minority says pain researcher andrew s c.
It is also used to promote wound healing and may aid in the treatment of allergy diarrhea indigestion psoriasis shingles and sore throat.
Food and drug administration has approved three antiviral drugs for reducing the intensity and frequency of pain associated with shingles.
Skin breakdown is a potential side effect.
Shingles lesions cause pain that usually goes away within a month.
Two crushed aspirin tablets dissolved in 30 ml of chloroform or diethyl ether applied two or three times a day may help the burning and stinging pain.
Rice md of imperial college london.