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Item Shingles and Steroids: What You Need to Know(2010-10-29) Hakel, StephanieHerpes Zoster is a painful infection with both acute and chronic phases of pain. Oral corticosteroids decrease the length of acute neuritis, but do not decrease the incidence of post herpetic neuralgia. Furthermore, the risk of corticosteroids is higher than the clinical benefit. Strength of Recommendation: A, level 1, high quality individual RCT.