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Shingles

Posted by ramona51 @ramona51, Apr 1 11:05am

Help! Since I threw my back out this past week, I developed a horrific case of shingles. Could the stress of my back pain have triggered the shingles? What have you used to treat shingles?

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bunnybear | @bunnybear | Apr 25 8:16am

Search for shingles on this site for discussions about what people suggest.

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elisabeth007 | @elisabeth007 | May 15 12:47pm
In reply to @springer1961 "Why is amitriptyline prescribed for shingles? Amitriptyline is an old medicine, originally used at high doses..." + (show)
@springer1961

Why is amitriptyline prescribed for shingles?
Amitriptyline is an old medicine, originally used at high doses (75-150 mg) to treat depression but now used at low dose for nerve pain. A small study published in 1997 suggested that taking a low dose (25 mg) of amitriptyline early on may help prevent post-herpetic neuralgia.

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Amitriptyline seems to be cv prescribed for many conditions of people and their pets. My cat was prescribed it for years for idiopathic cystitis. It helped her a lot.

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elisabeth007 | @elisabeth007 | May 15 12:49pm
In reply to @ramona51 "Update…got put on Gabapentin for nerve pain and damage from shingles. Only into it for less..." + (show)
@ramona51

Update…got put on Gabapentin for nerve pain and damage from shingles. Only into it for less than a week so unsure what it’s doing. Got a prescription for Temazepam so I could get sleep. I seriously was only getting about 2 hours of sleep a day for 2 weeks. Blood pressure was elevated because of pain and lack of sleep. It’s helping some! To those of you who have suffered through shingles, how long before the pain subsided? My rash is 75% gone? But the pain is real. Please give me some encouragement. I’m about 3 weeks into shingles and a month from my strained back.

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a dear friend of mine was in excruciating pain for about a week. Her dr prescribed very high doses of anti-viral drugs

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