It's also used for treating shingles pain and diabetes-related nerve pain.

它也被用来治疗带状疱疹疼痛和糖尿病引起的神经疼痛。

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So is pain felt in the limbs of diabetics, pain in people with multiple sclerosis, some kinds of back pain, and pain persisting for months after an outbreak of shingles.

所以以下疼痛都能被感觉到，糖尿病人的四肢疼痛、多发性硬化症患者的疼痛、一些背部疼痛和爆发带状疱疹后持续数月的疼痛。

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Conclusion: Acupuncture rounds the part in pain can improve the symptom of neuralgia from shingles.

结论：围针刺可以有效改善带状疱疹后遗神经痛的症状。

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Shares in DepoMed, a small pharmaceutical enhancer, spiked Monday after the company announced that the FDA had approved the use of its drug Gralise, an oral treatment for postherpetic neuralgia, a complication of shingles that causes sustained pain in nerve fibers and skin.

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Instead, doctors found that Neurontin helped with many other ailments, particularly pain caused by nerve damage due to conditions like shingles and diabetes. (This is called neuropathic pain.) That put Warner-Lambert in a bind, because it could not promote the drug for these unapproved uses.

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But if the pain lasts long after the shingles rash and blisters have disappeared, it's called postherpetic neuralgia.

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