Treatment of Herpes Zoster with ACTH

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Abstract
HERPES zoster is usually a benign condition followed by spontaneous recovery. However, it may have serious complications when it occurs in elderly patients or when it involves the eye. There is no specific treatment. It is in older patients with extensive involvement, and in those with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, that innumerable remedies have been tried, with no relief of the excruciating pain in the acute stage of the disease and no prevention of serious complications and sequelae. For this reason, it seemed worth while to report on the successful treatment of herpes zoster with ACTH in 4 such patients. Other . . .

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