 [ Symptoms ] can you pretreat shingles with over the counter vitamins  the left side of my head has been very itchy and painful in areas my mom brother has had shingles also i have had the chicken pox and i had gotten the antiviral shot for shingles three years ago very concerned [ Disease ] hi just google this anti shingle vitamins lots to read lots you could take also go have a look on www earthclinic com under shingles lots of ideas of stuff you can take but from what your saying it may have beaten you to the line good luck