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Table 2 Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Codes Used to Identify PHN Cases in the SIMG Database

From: Epidemiology and economic burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Italy: A retrospective, population-based study

ATC Code

Drug Class

Drugs

N02A

Opioids

Tramadol

N03

Antiepileptics

Phenytoin

  

Carbamazepine

  

Gabapentin

  

Pregabalin

N06A

Antidepressants

Amitriptyline

  

Nortriptyline

  

Imipramine

  

Desipramine

N01B

Local

Capsaicin cream

 

anaesthetics

Lidocaine