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Ninety-three patients with acute thoracic HZ were randomly assigned to receive a standard treatment of antiviral medication with p.o. analgesics or the standard treatment with the addition of repetitive intracutaneous injections of a local anesthetic and steroid mixture. Patients were permitted to take tramadol when the visual analog scale (VAS)\u2009\u2265\u20094. Pain assessment using VAS was conducted at the initial visit, as well as 1, 2, 4, 12, and 24 weeks after the end of the treatments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results. In comparison with the standard treatment group, the VAS scores of the intracutaneous injection group were significantly lower during the study. The intracutaneous injection group also reported shorter duration of pain and skin eruption than the control group (P\u2009=\u20090.005 vs P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001, respectively). At 1 month post-therapy, 12.8% patients in the intracutaneous injection group reported zoster-associated pain, compared with 47.8% in the standard treatment group (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). At 3 and 6 months post-therapy, the incidence of PHN was still significantly lower in the intracutaneous injection group than the standard treatment group. EuroQol VAS scores were significantly higher in the intracutaneous injection group vs standard treatment group (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusion. Repetitive intracutaneous injections with local anesthetics and steroids along with standard treatment significantly reduce the duration of pain and herpetic eruption and incidence of PHN.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnw190","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,4]],"date-time":"2016-08-04T22:23:42Z","timestamp":1470349422000},"page":"1566-1572","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Effect of Repetitive Intracutaneous Injections with Local Anesthetics and Steroids for Acute Thoracic Herpes Zoster and Incidence of Postherpetic Neuralgia"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Ji-zheng","family":"Cui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"*Department of Pain Treatment, the First People\u2019s Hospital of Lianyungang City, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, People\u2019s Republic of 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