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Long-term antiviral treatment may protect vision from shingles
Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according ...
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Long-term antiviral use key to ocular shingles treatment
The ZEDS study also found that this same treatment reduced a chronic nerve pain syndrome that can accompany shingles. “While ...
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Shingles breakthrough: Common herpes drug may prevent disease from causing eye damage
A simple, extended course of antiviral medication may significantly reduce the risk of eye damage and chronic pain associated with shingles.
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Her new study shows that a low-cost antiviral reduced the risk of eye disease
It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next ...
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Long-term low-dose antiviral treatment reduces eye disease risk from shingles
Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...