No, Cefadroxil 500 mg cannot be prescribed to treat shingles. Shingles is caused by a virus, so an antiviral medication like Valacyclovir would be needed to treat it. Cefadroxil may be prescribed in rare cases where a shingles infection has been complicated by a bacterial infection.
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