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I have shingles in my head and pain in my ear i am taking gabapentine 400 mg also shingles is there anything else i can do dr?

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Pain medication: Gabapentin is a good pain medication for shingles pain. Try some advil (ibuprofen) or ibuprophen too if you don't have liver or kidney disease.

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Answered 4/5/2015

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