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Effect of cimetidine on herpes zoster infection
L Bense1, J A Marcusson, T Ramsten
1Department of Lung Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Cimetidine was administered to two patients for herpes zoster infection. An acute pain-relieving effect was observed. The patients were followed for 11 and 14 months without developing postherpetic neuralgia. Possible mechanisms for prevention of postherpetic neuralgia by cimetidine are discussed.