The pain started in waves in my lower back and travelled down my left thigh as I worked bent over my laptop on my couch—the ...

Small cranial nerve tumors that can cause hearing loss, vertigo and ringing in the ears are often watched rather than treated, but a new study is set to change how the tumors, called vestibular ...

Gabapentin is a prescription medication that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1993 as a treatment for ... diminish a specific type of nerve pain called post-herpetic neuralgia ...

Learn more about common anesthesia medicines bupivacaine and lidocaine, including their benefits, risks, differences, and ...

Many Brits could be unknowingly teetering on the brink of serious health issues, as a leading expert warns that if left ...

Many Brits might unknowingly be walking a knife’s edge with their health, as an expert warned if left untreated, the disease ...

Crisugabalin provides significant improvement in average daily pain score and shows promise as a postherpetic neuralgia treatment.

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Between 10-18% of those who get shingles develop post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a condition marked by debilitating nerve pain lasting over six months and often beyond one year. There is no approved ...

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right ... a sense of desperation, and some pain. She’s been prescribed gabapentin and has been taking two ...

Your mother unfortunately developed a complication of shingles called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). The pain varies from annoying ... I don’t know of any treatment that will improve the ...