Efficacy of Intravenous Lidocaine and Magnesium in the Management of Herpes Zoster Neuritis and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Case Series
Intravenous lidocaine and magnesium may be effective for herpes zoster neuritis and postherpetic neuralgia. It may be a treatment method for when immediate interventional therapy is not possible.
Authors
- Takahiro Ushida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2857-2716)
- Young-Chang Park Arai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-866X)
- Yuki Terajima
- Hidemi Niwa
- Hironori Saisu
- Hiroki Igari
- Makoto Nishihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-6495)
- Shuhei Nagai
- Keikoi Owari
Institutions
- Aichi Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.80125
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00