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Editor's Choice Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Dermatology ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 2:00 PDT Shingles is caused by the herpes varicella-zoster virus.

Shingles is a viral infection of the nerve roots . It causes pain and often causes a rash on one side of the body, the left or right.

DRUG NEWS POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA Oxycodone eases acute shingles pain Although patients with herpes zoster can suffer severe acute pain for several weeks, little research has been done on effective oral treatments.

This Week's Question. I heard a comedian make a humorous reference to "shingles." I had shingles and I didn't find any humor in the experience.

Dear Dr. Gott: I'm a 72-year-old female. I just returned from my doctor's office because of a rash that was bothering me a great deal.

Inhibitex, Inc. , announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.

Developed and patented by scientists based at Cardiff University, a Phase II clinical trial with FV-100 has recently been initiated in America.

A new treatment for a painful condition caused by the same viral infection as chicken pox is a step closer.

Who would have thought that having chicken pox as a child could lead to developing such a painful condition .

Q: I receive Humira injections for rheumatoid arthritis. Can this increase my risk of getting shingles? A: Yes it may, according to a recent study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Q: We are lice-free at last with Listerine, alcohol, vinegar and Denorex! We sprayed four heads every night with Listerine before bed, then combed and combed every inch with a nit comb.

Shingles is a painful, and somewhat mysterious, skin disease that affects people who have had chicken pox.

After chemo treatment, I had two bouts with shingles. Knowing that this is a herpes virus, I treated myself with L-lysine as I often do for cold sores.

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Post-herpetic neuralgia, a complication of shingles, can be so exquisitely painful that some sufferers can't stand for clothes to touch their skin during an episode.

You've heard of childhood chickenpox. Then, there's adulthood shingles. And St. Joseph isn't experiencing any more cases than usual, health officials say.

Shingles is a disease caused by viruses. It is also called as herpes zoster. The same virus that is the cause of chickenpox in children is the cause for shingles.

Some drugs used to treat autoimmune diseases may increase the risk of a painful skin infection, a study finds.

Inhibitex, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of products to treat serious infectious diseases, reported that it has completed its Phase I clinical trials of FV-100, a highly potent ...

The first trial was a blinded, placebo controlled, multiple ascending dose study evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of five oral doses of FV-100 in healthy subjects aged 18-55. Each dose cohort ...