A 47-year-old member asked:
will clotrimazole and betamethasone dipropionate cream help treat shingles?
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Dr. Yash Khanna answered
56 years experience Family Medicine
ItWillNotHelpWithAnt: Even though Betamethasone is sometime recommended as an anti inflammatory cream for rash.But Shingles when treated with Antiviral Drugs and studies have shown that corticosteroids like betamethasone along with an antiviral medicine does not help any more than just taking antiviral drugs
Answered on May 12, 2019
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No: None of those medications would be helpful in the resolution of shingles. Clotrimazole is an anti fungal cream and shingles is caused by a virus. Th ... Read More
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Dr. Mark Diamond answered
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Absolutely Not: This medication will treat inflammation and a fungal infection
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Yes.: There are short papers that support the benefit of these used together.
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