A protracted, postherpetic neuralgic ulcer treated with risperidone and intranasal butorphanol

Giuseppe Ingrasci; Michael Arbrouk; Karyn Haitz; Robert Kirsner; Gil Yosipovitch

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.06.026

A protracted, postherpetic neuralgic ulcer treated with risperidone and intranasal butorphanol

JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Jul 13:15:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.06.026. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Giuseppe Ingrasci¹, Michael Arbrouk¹, Karyn Haitz¹, Robert Kirsner¹, Gil Yosipovitch¹

Affiliation

¹ Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Miami Itch Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.

No abstract available

Keywords: PHI, postherpetic itch; PHN, postherpetic neuralgia; PP-NRS, peak pruritus numerical rating scale; chronic pruritus; herpes zoster; intranasal butorphanol; itch; neuropathic pruritus; opioid; postherpetic itch; postherpetic neuralgia; pregabalin; pruritus; risperidone; scratch; shingles; ulcer.

Publication types

Case Reports