Suggest treatment for shingles
Patient: my mother was diagnosed with shingles 2 days ago....she is I onstant pain in her head down her face and to her neck. She says the pain is every minute. She went to the Dr and they gave her hydrocodosone, tramidol and nothing is helping. She said she can not bea this much longer Doctor: HI, thanks for using healthcare magicThe pain associated with shingles can be severe and sometimes difficult to treat.There are other pain medications that she may be able to try that may be helpful.Examples are lyrica, gabapentin, tegretol, amitriptyline. These medications have many different uses including treating nerve related pain.She may also want to consider the shingles vaccine, this may prevent future episodes.I hope this helps