Therapeutic effect observation of Neurotropin in the treatment of senile postherpetic neuralgia

Objective To discuss the efficacy of Neurotropin in the treatment of senile postherpes neuralgia.Methods 58 senile patients with postherpes neuralgia were randomly divided into Neurotropin group and Carbamazepine group. Before and after treatment, symptoms and signs of neuropathy including pain and numbness were evaluated by vision ambiguity scales(VAS). The side effects of drugs were also observed.Results 2,4,6 weeks of post-therapy,the VAS of Neurotropin group was decreased obviously than that of pretherapy (all P0.01). The improvement rate of pain in Neurotropin group was significantly better than that of the Carbamazepine group (80% vs 46.4%, P0.05). There was no obvious adverse effect in two groups.Conclusion Neurotropin is effective in the treatment of senile postherpes neuralgia, and is better than Carbamazepine.