title: Shingles in general practice.
abstract: Patients over 50 with simple shingles should be offered topical idoxuridine or intravenous acyclovir to reduce the risk of post-herpetic neuralgia. For younger patients, specific treatment with high dose intravenous acyclovir is needed only for complications or in immunosuppressed patients.
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authors.lastname: Peto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy