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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Hi Wild Coyote. I'm so sorry to hear you have shingles! My great aunt suffered a lot when she got it, so I can sort of understand the pain. I am assume you have a medication for it, for temporarily. My husband got it, but he was a lucky ducky because he was taking the same medication prescribed for shingles for something else, when he got it, so it was mild.
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HI BirdDancer,
Thank you!
I was prescribed medication and had a rather sever allergic reaction. Another med was under consideration; however the molecular structure was so very similar, I was advised that trying it might also be a serious problem (especially when most of us do not want to end up in the ER).
In the end, the choice was mine and I chose to go without systemic treatment.
There are topicals which can be helpful. Just a couple of them:
Biofreeze, lidocaine (4% available OTC and 5% and higher avail by prescription), calamine lotion and a few others.
There are some topical antivirals which can be used and tend to help the lesions to heal. This is not an option to me due to my allergies.
Thank you, BirdDancer, Your well wishes mean a lot to me.
I deeply appreciate everyone's well wishes.
