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talal22027
talal22027

Hi,

Please bare with me as English is not my first language.

I've been a victim of PHN. My right torso, hip joint, right flank pain and spine involved. Horrible pain and on an off flares for more than a year. Did not take any medication for pain and tried many methods from herbal to food adjustment. My life has changed and i suffered from episodes of depression and anxiety. No one understand the type of pain we are going through. You have to be a patient with PHN to understand. This what works for me. At the beginning of my flare i take milk thistle supplement with 1000mg vitamin C daily and it helped a lot in easing the pain. I don't know if this will work for you but this combination helped me a lot.

I wish you all a great health and please don't lose hope.

Talal

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  • babs99203
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    I'm glad it's helping you. I'm not aware of others who use this, but if you have less pain, that's terrific! Also PHN can improve, for some it can even almost totally disappear. My shingles was in 2016 and after about 6 months, I started to see tiny improvements, now it's much better. I hope you continue to improve. It's probably much safer than a lot of drugs doctors give us.

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