In message <[log in to unmask]> you wrote:
> David Evans asks:
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> > By the way, what are your views on treating shingles in general?
> > Should everyone have antivirals? Personally I'm not convinced that
> > the benefit justifies the cost, except perhaps for the elderly.
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> Sometimes, chicken pox in adults can be very agonisingly
> distressful, specially in men (only anecdotal).
>
> I feel that antivirals here are well worth it.
Nah, why bother justifying prescribing habits?
*I* would take an antiviral for chicken pox and
I would give one to any member of my immediate
family, colleagues, close friends & acquaintances.
Everyone else can suffer.
>>>> :-) <<<<
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