Triamcinolone-procaine in the treatment of zoster and postzoster neuralgia.
Twenty-four patients with herpes zoster were treated with injections of 2 percent procaine hydrochloride containing 2 mg of triamcinolone per ml. The treatments were given subcutaneously under the cutaneous lesions and in areas of pain. The results were excellent in 22 patients. There was one failure-postzoster neuralgia in an 82-year-old woman. Of 12 patients with postherpetic neuralgia, eight had improvement of 70 to 90 percent and three had complete relief. There were no significant complications in either group.
D000368:Aged; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011343:Procaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D014221:Triamcinolone; D011343:Procaine