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How much time after the shingle shot will the shingles go away?
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Shingles Treatment: By "shingles shot" I assume you mean the vaccine. Shingles vaccine is used to prevent occurrence of the shingles, but is not effective in treating an acute outbreak of shingles. Antiviral medications are used to treat acute shingles outbreak. Pain that lingers long after a shingles outbreak is called post-herpetic neuralgia and treated with medications such as Lidoderm, Neurontin, or Lyrica (pregabalin).
Answered 6/29/2014
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