postherpetic neuralgia
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Sep 17, 2026
Ken SchmaderGUEST
And the risk for zoster goes up exponentially and post-traumatic neurology as you get older.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
And the risk for zoster and PHN is much lower in 50-year-olds than it is, say, in 75-year-olds.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
So it's not unreasonable to suggest to get it later.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
When we did the shingles prevention study, we designed it at 60 and above specifically for that reason.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
And there are some people who get, so I don't think it's unreasonable to wait.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
Different patients have different anxieties about this.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
And, you know, they may have that family member that had zoster and PHN and they want it the second they turn 50, you know, for God's sakes.
Ken SchmaderGUEST
But getting it later is not unreasonable.
Priyanka WaliHOST
This is called postherpetic neuralgia.
Priyanka WaliHOST
Neuralgia is the Latin word for nerve pain.
Priyanka WaliHOST
Postherpetic means after... a herpes outbreak, shingles is a type of herpes virus.
Priyanka WaliHOST
So there's two things.
Priyanka WaliHOST
Number one, the patch itself administers the lidocaine, which numbs the pain.
Marty FieldsGUEST
You really don't want to have shingles for a start.
Marty FieldsGUEST
It's incredibly painful, and once it goes, that might not be the end of it because there's a thing called PHN, which stands for post-hepatic neuralgia.
Marty FieldsGUEST
which is a pain that can last for months or years afterwards.
Marty FieldsGUEST
The vaccine protects you for five years at least.
Marty FieldsGUEST
You really don't want to have shingles, for a start.
Marty FieldsGUEST
It's incredibly painful, and once it goes, that might not be the end of it, because there's a thing called PHN, which stands for postherpetic neuralgia, which is a pain that can last for months or years afterwards.
Marty FieldsGUEST
The vaccine protects you for five years at least.
Marty FieldsGUEST
But the reason I'm bringing this up is there's-
Mark EbellHOST
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Mark EbellHOST
This week, the post-Pepa Nicolaou era, electroacupuncture for post-herpetic neuralgia, an AI-based app for melanoma detection, and the onset of silent atherosclerosis.
Mark EbellHOST
Kate, take it away, please.
Kate RowlandHOST
Yes, I sure will.
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Henry BarryHOST
Yeah, so this is a study by Chen and colleagues published in JAMA Neurology in July that asks whether electroacupuncture is effective in decreasing pain in adults with post-traumatic neuralgia.
Henry BarryHOST
This was a pretty interesting and I think reasonably well done double blind trial from China.
Henry BarryHOST
They randomized adults between 45 and 75 years of age who had to have at least a four out of 10 level of pain from post-herpetic neuralgia.
Henry BarryHOST
And they were randomized to active electroacupuncture or sham acupuncture.