Gabapentin & Postherpetic Neuralgia in Patients With Neuropathy

Dr. Rhonda Low, a physician in Executive Health and Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, shares her article appearing in the March 2019 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which compared data of patients taking gabapentin for another condition who developed shingles with a matched cohort of patients who were not taking gabapentin who also developed shingles and found as much as an 80% reduction in the risk of pain from shingles. She notes it is paramount that to be effective, treatment with gabapentin needs to be initiated at the first sign of herpes zoster. Available at: mayocl.in/2BzUDRC