[Blood of Tyrants]

Gail, if you ever get it again, as soon as you recognize the symptoms, get to the doctor immediately! There is medication that will nip it in the bud. I got a case of shingles about 6 years ago, during my last stressful semester in college and the medication knocked it out in less than a week. College students are the second most likely to get shingles. Probably due to stress.

[GailA]

I have a history of bad reactions to many meds. I used only the Aveeno cream and it took only about 10 days for them to stop being painful. The Aveeno cream was a miracle worker in stopping the pain and itch for hours at a time and dried them up really fast. Neat thing was no side effects.

I thought you could only get them once?

[Pharmboy]

You are correct. Valtrex or Famvir will do the trick.