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My husband has shingles can sulfamethoxazole-tmp ds get rid of it?
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No: Acyclovir and steroids. May help with symptoms .It will resolve . Antibiotics have no role in treatment of shingles which is a reactivation of varricella virus.
Answered 6/24/2014
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No: Shingles is viral infection. Antibiotic like sulfamethoxazole is not the treatment for viral infection. Antiviral can help to shorten duration of shingles if the drug is started within the first 24-48 hours since the skin eruption.
Answered 8/4/2013
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