Interleukin-2: a potential treatment option for postherpetic neuralgia?

Publication

Interleukin-2: a potential treatment option for postherpetic neuralgia?

Journal Paper/Review - Dec 15, 2006

Rotty Jessica, Heinzerling Lucie, Schurmann Dirk, Suttorp Norbert

Citation

Rotty J, Heinzerling L, Schurmann D, Suttorp N. Interleukin-2: a potential treatment option for postherpetic neuralgia?. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006; 43:e109-10.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006; 43

Publication Date

Dec 15, 2006

Issn Electronic

1537-6591

Pages

e109-10

Brief description/objective

Postherpetic neuralgia is a chronic pain syndrome that is often difficult to treat and can lead to a disabling disease if it is resistant to therapy. Presented here is the case of a 46-year-old patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic, treatment-resistant neuralgia. Postherpetic pain resolved after treatment with 1 cycle of subcutaneous recombinant interleukin-2.