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What Causes Pain In The Arm Pit While Suffering From Shingles?
My wife is a shingles patient for about six weeks still has a serious pain condition uder her right arm in the arm pit area. Here are the meds they have her on now Prednisone 20mg, Hydroco 7.5-32,Lorazepam .5mg for anxiety. The Dr took her off Gabapentin for the convulsing pain, do not know why. Can I put her back on the Gabapentin to help deal with the pain issue and not worry about medicine interaction?
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What Causes Pain In The Arm Pit While Suffering From Shingles?
Hello, I read carefully your query and understand your concern. Ther are no interaction between Gabapentin and the current medications that your wife is using. So, she can take Gabapentin to treat the pain without any worry. Hope my answer was helpful. If you have further queries feel free to contact me again. Kind regards! Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi General &Family Physician