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| Author | Treatment | Follow-up and outcome, if applicable |
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| Conliffe et al. [1] | Fluoroscopically guided R L5 transforaminal epidural injection with Depo-Medrol and lidocaine | 6 weeks: pain decreased and improvement in right foot weakness with ability to ambulate |
| Haverkos et al. [2] | Vidarabine | Several days; skin lesions and CSF pleocytosis resolved but neurologic status unchanged |
| Haverkos et al. [2] | No treatment mentioned | Not mentioned |
| Haverkos et al. [2] | No treatment mentioned | Not mentioned |
| Makkar et al. [3] | Acyclovir | Lesion resolved and postherpetic neuralgia did not occur |
| Makkar et al. [3] | Acyclovir and amytryptyline | Few days; resolution of skin lesions postherpetic neuralgia did not occur |
| Grauvogel and Vougioukas [4] | Acyclovir | 3 months: neurologic deficits improved |
| Godfrey et al. [5] | Acyclovir (then switched to famciclovir) and gabapentin | 1 year: pain resolution with mild rib pain (3/10) and no new skin lesions |
| Godfrey et al. [5] | Valacyclovir and gabapentin (GBN later discontinued due to adverse effects) | 1 year: no pain or skin eruptions |
| Parsons and Hawboldt [6] | Valacyclovir | 1 year: resolution of complex region pain syndrome after 12-month period |
| Hung et al. [7] | Valacyclovir | 7 days: skin lesions and tingling pain resolved |
| Szokol and Gilbert [8] | Acyclovir | Several weeks; skin lesions resolved and patient had 50% reduction of radicular symptoms |
| Nabors et al. [9] | Acyclovir | Complete resolution of rash and skin lesions |
| Nabors et al. [9] | Antibiotics and Acylovir; tricyclic antidepressant and analgesics administered for postherpectic neuralgia | 9 days: resolution of skin lesions but patient developed tenderness at site of former lesions with relief provided by TCA and analgesics |
| Nabors at el. [9] | Acyclovir | Resolution of skin lesions |
| Nabors et al. [9] | Acyclovir | Resolution of skin lesions |
| Nabors et al. [9] | Acyclovir | Resolution of skin lesions |
| Nabors et al. [9] | No treatment mentioned | Patient transferred to another hospital |
| Nabors et al. [9] | Virotropic ophthalmic solution | Resolution of Herpes dendritic keratitis but patient became comatose and eventually died |
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