How long does it take for shingles patients to stop taking drugs

Herpes zoster treatment drugs are mainly divided into three categories: first, specialized anti-virus drugs; second, painkillers; third, nutritional nerve drugs. Specialized antiviral drugs only need to eat about 7-10 days is enough, eat longer in fact has no effect. Analgesic drugs should be started very early, and when to stop using painkillers depends entirely on the duration of pain in patients, because everyone varies greatly, especially older, lower resistance, and the area of herpes zoster before is very large, especially in patients with herpes zoster affecting the head and face area. The pain may last for a long time. Nutritional nerve drugs should be taken for the same time as painkillers.