- Patients must have pain present for more than 3 months after the healing of shingles
skin rash
- Patients at screening must have a score >/=40 mm on the pain visual analogue scale
- Patients with significant renal and hepatic impairment
- Patients with other severe pain, that may impair the self-assessment of the pain due
to shingles
- Patients with clinically abnormal electrocardiogram