About 10% to 18% of people who have shingles experience what's known as postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), characterized by lasting pain at the site of the rash. People with PHN may continue to feel unwell ...
back pain and lingering pain after shingles. Gabapentin (Neurontin) was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an “add-on” treatment for patients with epilepsy in 1993.