Inaccurate Statement in: A 70-Year-Old Woman With Shingles

KEYWORDS:
• AGING
• CHICKENPOX VACCINE
• DRUG REACTION, ADVERSE
• DRUG THERAPY
• EAR
• HERPES ZOSTER
• HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE
• NEURALGIA

Inaccurate Statement: In the Clinical Crossroads entitled “A 70-Year-Old Woman With Shingles” published in the July 1, 2009, issue of JAMA (2009;302[1]:73-80), the sentence on page 76, right column, first full paragraph, that stated “A Cochrane review of antiviral treatment for preventing PHN reported no benefit of valacyclovir at 4 or 6 months after rash onset.⁴⁵” should have stated, “A Cochrane review of antiviral treatment for preventing PHN reported no benefit of acyclovir for reducing the incidence of PHN; there was insufficient evidence to determine the efficacy of other antivirals.⁴⁵”