Suggest Treatment To Manage Pain When Diagnosed With Shingles

Posted on Thu, 6 Oct 2016

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Question : my mother has shingles, er gave her pain meds for a few days. she needs relief. is there a cream we can put on it?
she doesn't have insurance since she lost her job. she has lidocaine ointment and silver sulfa cream could those help her?

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Lidocaine ointment can help!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

So sorry to hear about your mom’s illness and the pains she’s going through. Lidocaine is good cream for localized pain. She can go ahead and use this. Let me know what here response to the cream is. In addition, a combination of oral Tylenol and Ibuprofen are also helpful at controlling pain and this can be gotten over the counter.

I hope this helps. I wish you well. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ivo Ditah (8 hours later)

the silver cream, she uses for blisters she gets from her diabetes.

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
That’s okay!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

That’s okay to go on with but that will not help for the pains. Only the lidocaine gel would be of help at this time for the pains.

I wish her well. Feel free to follow up if anything else comes up!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar