Shingles (Herpes Zoster) : Drugs

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Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever. Purpose Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains, including headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that often accompany colds.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever . Purpose Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains- headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that often accompany colds.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Synthetic nonopiate derivative of p -aminophenol; produces analgesia and antipyresis.
Source:AHFS
Acyclovir is an antiviral drug. It slows the growth and spread of the herpes virus so that the body can fight off the infection. Acyclovir will not cure herpes, but it can lessen the symptoms of the infection.
Source:MULTUM
Antiviral; purine nucleoside analog derived from guanine.
Source:AHFS
Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and a fever reducer.
Source:MULTUM
Capsaicin is the active ingredient in chili peppers, the substance that gives chili and cayenne its heat. Purpose Research on the use of capsaicin for cancer patients has focused on several areas: its ability to decrease pain its potential to be carcinogenic any chemoprotective capacity any antimicrobial and detoxification properties Folk accounts of capsaicin ' s medicinal properties in the form of cayenne have included aiding digestion, promoting the sweating process to create cooling (for reducing a fever ), fighting infections, and stimulating the function of the kidneys, lungs, stomach, and heart.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Capsaicin topical causes a decrease in a substance in the body (substance P) that causes pain.
Source:MULTUM
First generation antihistamine; an ethanolamine-derivative.
Source:AHFS
Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine, used to treat allergies, motion sickness, allergic reactions, insomnia, cough, nausea, and phenothiazine drug-induced abnormal muscle movement. Purpose Diphenhydramine is frequently ordered for cancer patients to aid in controlling nausea and itching .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine used in psychiatric medicine to treat phenothiazine drug-induced abnormal muscle movement. It is also used in general medicine to treat allergies, allergic reactions, motion sickness, insomnia , cough, and nausea.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders