TY - JOUR T1 - Herpes zoster: treatment with cimetidine JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1284 LP - 1285 VL - 129 IS - 12 AU - S. T. Hayne AU - J. B. Mercer Y1 - 1983/12/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/12/1284.abstract N2 - The active phase of herpes zoster can be predicted from the length of time it takes for all the vesicles to erupt. A case is reported in which cimetidine therapy appeared to reduce the expected length of the active phase from 35 days or longer to 10 days. ER -