A 32-year-old woman presents with a painful vesicular rash on the right lower abdomen and flank in a dermatomal distribution. She reports severe pain and burning sensation. Tzanck smear shows multinucleated giant cells. Regarding the management and clinical course of herpes zoster (shingles), all of the following are true EXCEPT:

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