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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Nerve Pain While On Gabapentin
I have nerve pain 1 year after shingles.I have been on Gabapentin for 6 months & as of the last 2 weeks the nerve pain is bad. The shingle path was on my scalp. The nerve pain is there also.It hurts when washing my hair & to touch scalp.Any pressure in that area is very uncomfortable. Any ideas to help would be great!
Thu, 23 Nov 2017
Hello thanks for your question
It's called postherpetic neuralgia.Its caused by nerve damage left by shingles.For some people the pain resolve in the first year to 18months after the shingles rash.You can treat the pain with tricyclic antidepressant like norpra or elavil.
Opioid,lyrical,lododerm,neurontin,postfix,ultra.
Kind regards
It's called postherpetic neuralgia.Its caused by nerve damage left by shingles.For some people the pain resolve in the first year to 18months after the shingles rash.You can treat the pain with tricyclic antidepressant like norpra or elavil.
Opioid,lyrical,lododerm,neurontin,postfix,ultra.
Kind regards
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