Triamcinolone-Procaine in the Treatment of Zoster and Postzoster Neuralgia

摘要

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.