Acyclovir and herpes

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Avatar m tn My daughter was diagnosed with Behcet's in 2008. Then in 2009 she contracted herpes (hsv2). She is now having an outbreak of herpes (starting to get under control after 2 rounds of valtrex, back on acyclovir for 2 days) and a flare of Behcet's. Prednisone will make the painful vaginal Behcet's lesions go away but will cause another outbreak of herpes. Does anyone have any suggestions? She's about to leave for a required college trip. Thanks.
Avatar n tn developing weird lesions and bumps few days and weeks after starting acyclovir and it is now more than two months and lesions come and go everywhere in my body, although I have took acyclovir only for 10 days in October. Unlike you, I was never diagnosed with herpes; indeed i was just taking acyclovir hoping to inhibit a potential risk exposure that i was not sure about. My anti herpes antibodies came back all negative last week (both IgG and IgM).
Avatar n tn Hello, does anyone know if 400mg of acyclovir daily is effective? I'm asking this because I had a blood test done on 2/12/2011 which came back equivical (sp) although my doc said that means negative but I'm scared that I may have gential herpes and don't want to risk having an outbreak or spreading it to my fiance. I plan to test again in April. Any advise is appreciated.
Avatar n tn Few Lesions (pimple like with red base) come and go everywhere in my body (cheeks, forehead, ear pinna, eyelids, chest, arm, forearm...). I have took acyclovir only for 10 days in October and am suffering a couple of lesions coming up and clearing in few days every now and then. This is companied by random itching occurring in different parts of the body without visible lesions, I also felt some shooting pain for a few seconds (rarely) into my penis.
Avatar f tn My question is that before and after I started to taking acyclovir(herpes) and levofwxuir(gonarrhea) I developed a white paste discharge from my vagina. Is this the cause of gonarrhea, herpes or the meds that I was taking? Also will this go away for good....I'm talking about the the white paste discharge and gonarrhea? I know the herpes is not curable but is there something that I can take to prevent the outbreak for coming back besides acyclovir....something over the counter?
Avatar n tn from 8 week to 12 week I was under high dose of acyclovir. I had a herpes break out and also 2 weeks after I got chicken pox. Therefore I went through longer acyclovir course. Then I had my test at 14 week. It was a P24 antigen and antibody test (Hiv duo test) It came back negative but I'm still worried as high dose of acyclovir might alter the result. Will it effect the virus replication and antibody production?
Avatar m tn Just thought that using only acyclovir cream and seeing whether it work would be indicative of herpes or not. But you said acyclovir cream is rather useless on herpes symptoms prevention so I cannot be sure now. Does general sense of malaise and stiff necks constitute part of herpes symptoms? or just bad sleep cos of anxiety? I am at week 8 post exposure. Should I go to test on week 12 for hsv 2 IgG? I heard that 3 months is an accurate window for the test...
Avatar n tn I have genital herpes and my partner has a severely compromised immune system as a result of chemotherapy tx. We have not had sexual intercourse and want to understand what is safe to do/not do. Trying also to determine the best kind of specialist to consult with.
1549204 tn?1353361673 m able to switch medications, but because this is becoming more of a medical concern by losing hair, would my medical possibly cover another herpes medication? I started having thin hair a few months back and been on acyclovir since 2012. I heard about Mane 'n tale and I'm thinking of using that to help my hair out. Any advice/opinion about acyclovir? Thanks Grace!
Avatar n tn But I always have to go a week once and a while without my Acyclovir and Lysine. Is the herpes virus simply one of my triggers or is the herpes virus the root cause off all my migraines, I don't know. The pain and breakouts are always hemispheric in nature. Migraine specific medicines have also helped, but are generally not needed while I am taking Acyclovir, 800mg twice per day. I have been treating my migraines or "migraine like" condition like this for many years.
Avatar n tn s not unusual for a newly acquired genital herpes infection to trigger a recurrence of an oral herpes infection. The acyclovir helps but doesn't completely prevent recurrences in either location.
Avatar f tn the vast majority of people with genital herpes, don't have food triggers. been seen every time you have symptoms to confirm that it's all herpes going on. also get tested for yeast and bacterial infections vaginally too. unfortunately time doesn't make people have significantly less recurrences either for the most part.
Avatar m tn I am taking L-Lysene as a suppressor and only take the Acyclovir at the first sign of an outbreak. I was taking 1000mg Valtrex at onset and then 500mg twice a day and everything was clear in 3 days. To get the same effectiveness from Acyclovir how much should I be taking daily during out breaks? I have tried 600mg Acyc 3 times a day but it takes 7 days to clear up. Please advise.
Avatar n tn I had a severe herpes outbreak (8 blisters everywhere) beginning April 24 when my eye doctor took me off of Acyclovir after nine years. The Acyclovir was used to prevent further flares in my left eye from Herpes Iritis. Now I am suffering from pain in the muscle and tingling in my right arm. There was a blister in that area which has now healed. My internist has diagnosed me (after MRI) as having bone spur puttting pressure on c-6 or c-7 in my neck and I am facing surgery for that.
Avatar n tn Herpes Simplex 1 and 2 can BOTH cause neuropathic pain syndromes. It is not limited to herpes zoster. There is plenty of research out there about it. I cannot understand why MDs are still ignorant of this or denying the association, when there is ample material in the literature documenting this problem. HSV infections are epidemic. It's time for primary care physicians to get current on the subclinical (not visually observable) and atypical (non-standard) manifestations of the disease.
Avatar n tn Suppose she starts using daily suppressive treatment with acyclovir, and we did not have unprotected sex during symptomatic outbreaks. What does best science suggest the probability of me becoming infected would be per year, if there were,say, 50-60 varginal exposures per year without using condoms (I'm just expecting your best sense on this)? What should the daily dosage regime be? How much would condom use lower the risk?
Avatar f tn The doctor swabbed the lesion on my labia and vestibule and ordered a lab test for Herpes. He also did another complete blood test and a urinalysis. In the meantime, he prescribed Acyclovir 400mg TID for 10 days, clindamycin, and more diflucan. Soon after treatment with the Acyclovir, I noticed a change for the better. My ulcerated lesions begin to heal and the discharge diminished.
Avatar f tn But by the end of week 2, more sores started appearing and my urination started to get very painful again. I should say I am on Acyclovir 400 mgs twice/day, and was on an antibiotic the first week, plus pain pills. I went back to doctor today because of the new outbreak and she upped the Acyclovir to 400 mgs every 4 hrs and put me on another antiobiotic for a bacterial infection.
Avatar m tn I use acyclovir to and you must know that it doesnt take effect spontaneously especially the first time your using it. It helps relieve the pain though but might take some time to take effect. Just continue use it and youll see the sore will go away within 3-4 days instead of the usual 7-8 days they take to go away.
Avatar m tn If i stop acyclovir and my symtoms changes or new appears can be linked to herpes? I am frustrated with my poor judgement.