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post-herpetic neuralgia

My 86 year old father had a shingles about 3 years ago. The drugs prescribed to him were a waste of time to treat the post-herpetic neuralgia. His main concern is the burning on top of his feet. Is there anything natural, homeopathic, etc. that might help. My father served thru WWII, Korea and Vietnam and still gardens 2 acres.He is a tough old bird but the lack of good sleep is hurting his health.A website or anything will help.If this doesn't help I will be buying every bogus cure on the internet.
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Hi,

Please refer to the links below for more information.
http://alternative-medicine-and-health.com/conditions/shingles.htm
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthconditionsdisease/a/shingles.htm

Hope it helps!
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The doc should hae prescibed Neurontin, Lyrica or something to help with neuropathy (nerve pain).  The side effects of most of those drugs is drowsiness, so many try to forgoe the drugs and "tough it out". I, too, had neuropathy and tried many homeopathic/natural things and nothing really works.  You might want to get some muscle cream that contains ingredients similar to hot chili peppers (Like Aspercream. Many docs use it in the hospital.)

Did the docs use acyclovir (Zovirax) to kill the varicella zoster virus?
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