DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

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You may have heard the words shingles and chickenpox bandied about together, and for good reason — the two illnesses go hand in hand. Though you may think the chickenpox you had as a kid is one and ...

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The varicella-zoster virus causes both shingles and chickenpox. Typically, the peak pain of shingles is felt within 4 or 5 days after the first symptoms develop, and it comes along with a blistering ...

Honolulu, HI – April 1, 2003 -- NeurogesX, Inc. today announced Phase II results of a treatment for post-shingles pain, a severe pain condition that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans. The study ...

If you were born before 1990, you may remember spending a week home from school with the chickenpox before a vaccine became widely available in 1995. Once you’ve had chickenpox, you’re highly unlikely ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there anything that I can do for pain after having shingles? I had shingles 18 months ago, and I still have pain on my right side in my breast and arm. I took gabapentin, plus two ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I'm a 72-year-old female. I've always been very active gardening and golfing. Now I'm in so much pain I can't pick up a shovel or swing a club. While I thought I'd walked into poison ...

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