Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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53 year old with healthy immune system. I must have had a mild case around my abdomen. The sores were never very painful, just a tolerable burning sensation. This medication has stopped them from spreading and hastened the healing process. I didn't have any noticeable side effects at all.

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53 year old with healthy immune system. I must have had a mild case around my abdomen. The sores were never very painful, just a tolerable burning sensation. This medication has stopped them from spreading and hastened the healing process. I didn't have any noticeable side effects at all.
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Reviewer: LN, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I woke up in the mid of the night with intense soreness in my upper left gum area and my upper left lip was extreme sensitive even a gentle breeze could send tingling and burning sensation. At first I thought this might be casued by my hay fever. On the third day I went to the ER for extreme pain and a visible track of redness from my upper lip towards to the side of the nose and then to my chee ... Show Full Comment

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I woke up in the mid of the night with intense soreness in my upper left gum area and my upper left lip was extreme sensitive even a gentle breeze could send tingling and burning sensation. At first I thought this might be casued by my hay fever. On the third day I went to the ER for extreme pain and a visible track of redness from my upper lip towards to the side of the nose and then to my cheek and then to my temple. I found out I had shingles on my facial nerves. I was given this antiviral medication and pills for pain. I found taking the antiviral did help to stop the spread, minimized the blisters sizes and numbers. It also helped in controlling the pain and cut down the time of infection. After completing the 7 days course, my scabs were all heal up well without scarring. In controlling the pain, ice pack had worked wonder for me, much better than the strong pain medication that was given to me. Drawing from my own experience seeing the doctor on the first sign of shingles and take the antiviral medication did cut short the time of infection and control the pain.
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Reviewer: don't know it, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Not ever having had a shingles outbreak before, I didn't know how long it would take the drug to work. I thought 5 days was much too long... guess that was due to the overall misery of the disease. Sudden sharp (and deep) pain, severe stinging, some burning, and lots of itching. I was crying for relief. Thankfully, the doctor also put me on Prednisone and Vicodin. These definitely helped. To ... Show Full Comment

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Not ever having had a shingles outbreak before, I didn't know how long it would take the drug to work. I thought 5 days was much too long... guess that was due to the overall misery of the disease. Sudden sharp (and deep) pain, severe stinging, some burning, and lots of itching. I was crying for relief. Thankfully, the doctor also put me on Prednisone and Vicodin. These definitely helped. To prevent a recurrence, I'm getting the Zostavax shot.
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Reviewer: IRENE, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I TOOK THIS DRUG FOR A FEW DAYS BUT HAD TO STOP BECAUSE IT CAUSED A RAPID HEART BEAT, I ALSO FELT WEAK.

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I TOOK THIS DRUG FOR A FEW DAYS BUT HAD TO STOP BECAUSE IT CAUSED A RAPID HEART BEAT, I ALSO FELT WEAK.
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Reviewer: Giz, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Once again, I take this for my Shingles. It seems to be working better in conjunction with the hydroxyzine and prednisone. I havent had to take any Lortab at this point. I think I caught the onset before he had a chance to take over. Maybe this will be my magic cocktail. For those of you that have suffered through out the years maybe this cocktail will help you out also. But you have to catch ... Show Full Comment

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Once again, I take this for my Shingles. It seems to be working better in conjunction with the hydroxyzine and prednisone. I havent had to take any Lortab at this point. I think I caught the onset before he had a chance to take over. Maybe this will be my magic cocktail. For those of you that have suffered through out the years maybe this cocktail will help you out also. But you have to catch it before the physical symptoms flair up.
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