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http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthconditionsdisease/a/shingles.htm
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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?