Tablets For Shingles Pain
However in a number of patients the pain continues chronically.
Tablets for shingles pain. It is also used to promote wound healing and may aid in the treatment of allergy diarrhea indigestion psoriasis shingles and sore throat. 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. There are many of these medications that might help ease the pain that lingers after your skin has healed such as amitriptyline desipramine norpramin and. Skin breakdown is a potential side effect.
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. Food and drug administration has approved three antiviral drugs for reducing the intensity and frequency of pain associated with shingles. Rice md of imperial college london. 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.