Triamcinolone Injections In Herpes Zoster Lesions

To the Editor:—  In today's scientifically oriented medical world, new therapeutic maneuvers are not accepted without statistically significant series supported by valid controls. Yet, there are some instances in which the success of the therapy and the seriousness of the condition as measured by morbidity, disability, and even death make it mandatory that knowledge about a promising approach be brought to the attention of the practicing physician prior to the time that all scientific challenges can be met and conquered.Herpes zoster is such a disease. While the condition is capricious in its response to treatment, postzoster neuralgia tends to be constant and therapeutically resistant. Feeling that it would be unwise to maintain silence in this matter, the following therapeutic suggestion is being made. Its value, or lack thereof, can be established only by usage in many patients by multiple practitioners. However, in my hands, this has superseded all other