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A useful chart describing clinical treatment options for acute Herpes zoster is provided in the accompanying figure. This is a condensation of the International Herpes Management Forum treatment recommendations for herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia. This "treatment flow chart" is an adaptation from Dr. Robert W. Johnson, "Herpes Zoster in the Immunocompetent Patient: Management of Post-herpetic Neuralgia", Herpes 10:2, 2003. Use the slider bars to access parts of this figure.
As described in the Annals of the American Family Physician, "Management of Herpes Zoster (Shingles) and Postherpetic Neuralgia", April 15,2000, a Shingles treatment regimen is defined in the following table:
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