From: Epidemiological characteristics and societal burden of varicella zoster virus in the Netherlands
 | Varicella | Herpes zoster | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medication | Prescriptions | Varicella cases | Corrected | Prescriptions | HZ cases | Corrected | ||
 | n | n | (%) | (%) | n | n | (%) | (%) |
Anaesthetics | 925 | 831 | (15.8%) | 13.5% * | 518 | 364 | (10.8%) | 6.4%* |
Analgesics | 124 | 110 | (2.1%) | −1.5% | 1.097 | 577 | (17.1%) | 13.5%* |
Antivirals (local) | 17 | 17 | (0.3%) | −1.2% | 67 | 58 | (1.7%) | 0.1% |
Antivirals (systemic) | 24 | 21 | (0.4%) | 0.3%* | 864 | 748 | (22.2%) | 22.0%* |
Antibacterials (local) | 588 | 487 | (9.2%) | 6.7%* | 594 | 453 | (13.4%) | 10.9%* |
Antibacterials (systemic) | 678 | 568 | (10.8%) | 4.4%* | 449 | 354 | (10.5%) | 4.5%* |
Corticosteroids | 394 | 316 | (6.0%) | 0.3% | 372 | 316 | (9.3%) | 0.9% |
Antipruritics and emollientia | 1.136 | 1.004 | (19.0%) | 11.3%* | 761 | 646 | (19.2%) | 11.5%* |
Immunoglobulins | 3 | 3 | (0.1%) | 0.1% | 1 | 1 | (0.03%) | 0.03% |
Vaccines | 0 | 0 | (0.0%) | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | (0.00%) | 0.0% |
Total (any medication) | 3.889 | 2.516 | (47.7%) | Â | 4.723 | 2.286 | (67.8%) | Â |