Research Article: Opioids Prescribing Among Patients with Zoster-Related Pain in Real-Life: A Retrospective, Cohort Study Based on the Clinical Database
Introduction:
Zoster-related pain (ZRP) occurs after herpes zoster (HZ) infection, which is characterized by moderate-to-severe pain. The most frequent and debilitating complication of zoster is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). A cross-sectional survey in showed that the incidence of HZ and PHN in the Chinese population was .% and .%, and .% of HZ patients developed into PHN, which was more than million, especially the elderly over years old. At present, in addition to common drug therapy, there are various interventional pain…
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