suggest treatment for shingles?

I had shingles a year back treated for three months.Blisters vanished leaving black skin patches. They are painfull and my doctor says I have to bear it.

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If you have pain that persists longer than a month after your shingles rash heals, your health professional may diagnose post-herpetic neuralgia, the most common complication of shingles. Post-herpetic neuralgia can cause pain for months or years. It affects 10% to 15% of those who experience shingles.6 Treatment to reduce the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia includes:6

Antidepressant medications, such as a tricyclic antidepressant (for example, amitriptyline).
Topical anesthetics, such as lidocaine patches, to numb the area.
Seizure medications, such as gabapentin.
Opioids, such as codeine.
Topical creams containing capsaicin may provide some relief from pain. Capsaicin may irritate or burn the skin of some people, and it should be used with caution.

. . . you really can't beat the good old blow torch and scraper treatment . . .
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my mom had shingles but they got better in about 1 week. she said they hurt, but after the places on her face from shingles went away she was okay. so i don't know what to tell you.
the best way to deal with shingles to to hire a good roofing contractor and have him reshingle the roof.
Your doctor is a FOOL.get some gabapentine(neurontin). This drug has been shown to be a BIG help in post herpatic neuropathy.(the best description is that it makes the pain feel like it is waaaaay over there) You do need a script and if that jackass you are seeing won't give you one; well, look on the brightside you need a different doctor anyway.
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