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The treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
Neurology, 1995Postherpetic neuralgia, when defined as neuropathic pain persisting 1 month or longer after herpes zoster infection, affects about 10% of all patients who have contracted the disease. The incidence of postherpetic neuralgia increases with age; at age 60, about 50% of herpes zoster patients will suffer significant pain, and this proportion grows with ...
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Corticosteroids for preventing postherpetic neuralgia
2006Postherpetic neuralgia is a common serious complication of herpes zoster. Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory and might be beneficial.To examine the efficacy of corticosteroids in preventing postherpetic neuralgia.We updated the searches for randomised controlled trials of corticosteroids for preventing postherpetic neuralgia in MEDLINE (January 1950
Ying, Han +5 more
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CNS Drugs, 2003
Gabapentin is a structural analogue of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) approved for use in adults with postherpetic neuralgia. Gabapentin does not bind to GABA(A) or GABA(B) receptors. Its mechanism of action in humans is unclear, but may involve binding to alpha2delta calcium channel subunits in animal models.
Antona J. Wagstaff, Monique P Curran
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Gabapentin is a structural analogue of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) approved for use in adults with postherpetic neuralgia. Gabapentin does not bind to GABA(A) or GABA(B) receptors. Its mechanism of action in humans is unclear, but may involve binding to alpha2delta calcium channel subunits in animal models.
Antona J. Wagstaff, Monique P Curran
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Current Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia
The Neurologist, 2002The herpes zoster rash occurs when a dormant varicella zoster virus reactivates in dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglia. Pain that persists in the region where this rash occurred after the cutaneous lesions have healed is termed postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).
Srinivasa N. Raja +2 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2014
Johnson, Robert W.; Rice, Andrew S. C.
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Johnson, Robert W.; Rice, Andrew S. C.
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Famciclovir and Postherpetic Neuralgia
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999Ken Bassett +2 more
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Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1986Ramon J. Evans, Peter N. Watson
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