Famciclovir medicine
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Several studies in humans and mice provide evidence that treatment with the antiviral drug Famciclovir soon after the first infection with herpes can significantly lower the chance of future symptomatic outbreaks of herpes. Use of Famciclovir in this manner has been shown to reduce the amount of latent herpes virus in the neural ganglia.[5][6][7] A review of human subjects treated for five days with Famciclovir 250 mg three times daily during their first herpes episode found that only 4.
A week after contact I started experiencing numbness and an odd sensation on my fingertip. I immediately started famciclovir the next day (8 days post potential exposure) My finger still feels numb/ slightly cold/ very mildly swollen with red spots and hyperaensitivity at the tip (havent been touching anything with that finger) which is 1.5 weeks. I got a fever a few days ago which was 1 week after I felt potential symptoms and 2 weeks post potential exposure.
We stopped talking after awhile and until recently she invited to her place with some friends, while using her bathroom I saw she had a priscription bottle for famciclovir in her medicine cabinet. I looked it up on my phone and saw that this is medication for genital herpes. I am now freaking out because i performed oral and had unprotected sex. I'm also scared of HIV since she lied when I asked her if she had anything. I have felt some periodic burning in my groin and the tip of my penis.
So to be sure, he did a swab test that came back negative. He prescribed me famciclovir. After 3 weeks, the lesions were still there but smaller. So I went back at the clinic to see the same doctor. He made another swab test and the result was still negative (but I had take famciclovir 1 or 2 weeks before). The doctor didn't give me something else. He told me to take famciclovir for a second time. In total, lesions lasted for almost 4 weeks. No crust at anytime was formed.
today i just gets my medical report, i get information as below:
Herpes Simplex Type 2 igG 5.1
Reference range Index
Negative = 1.1 Index
doctor told me that i have infect HSV-2, but i didn't have any symptom yet. pls help. it's can be cure? need any medicine? i'm with my wife prepare to have a baby will affect my wife.??
infect HSV-2 means HIV??
When I started prophylactic treatment with acyclovir, I saw a reduced occurrence for a few months, then they came back to about 4-5 outbreaks/year. I recently switched prophylactic medication from acyclovir to famciclovir, and had a 18-month period free from outbreak. Come yesterday, I had another terrible outbreak (worse than usual)... will these become more commonplace now? Is this a sign of HSV-resistance to the drug? Are there any other courses of action I can consider?
I have had oral sex with my partner who has Genital Herpes 2 and I thought we did everything 'right' in preventing it being passed on to me. He hasn't had it for some time. I now have burning when going to the toilet, incredibly itchy skin and a few 'sore'. My doctor has taken a swab and is getting tested and gave my the 3 day internal canisten cream and i'm on tablets...Famciclovir 250mg twice a day. I've tried Vagisal....no go. I've tried Eylocaine Jelly...
Just 1 week before sexual exposure, I had finished taking Famciclovir 250mg for HSV-1 outbreak. And it cured.
After 123 days(4 months) from last risky sexual exposure and 130 days from FAMCICLOVIR completion, I took HSV2(IGM and IGG) test and it turned out negative. I did not got any symptoms on genital area.
Can I consider this as confirmatory for HSV-2 in my body?
Should I need to go for more test? if so when to take the test? It is 4 months now completed from risk.
I've had HSV-1 since my college days. 15-20 years or so. I get outbreaks on and near my lips every few months, but after going on antivirals (Famciclovir 250 mg 2x/day) it's been lessened.
My first question, being: if I have had the virus for this long, is there still a chance of me cross-contaminating myself with my own infection to other parts of MY body? (e.g., it's on lips to moving to my eyes, or hands, etc.
One week prior to taking my hiv test i took Famciclovir for shingles would this interfeer with the results?
and yeah i forgot to write... i took a hepatitis vaccine 20 days before my hiv testing.
can antiviral and hepatitis vaccine produce a false negative hiv test result??
But anti-viral medications like acyclovir, valacyclovir and famciclovir are known to shorten out breaks and improve symptoms. It depends on one’s immunity also. If it is good the person may have less number of reactivations. If the immunity is relative less than he is likely to have more symptoms.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Can I still pass it orally to her and what is the chance. What is the best medicine to take for her outbreaks? I have gotten mixed answers from no, we can't give it to one another to yes we can to a 50-50 chance over time. what is right? Do we need to use condoms when she has an outbreak to prevent her spreading it back to me genitally? She got a second outbreak (a few small blisters) 3 weeks after her initial outbreak. How often can she expect to get outbreaks?
HSV can establish latent infection of neurones in the absence of peripheral replication.2 In an animal model, postexposure treatment with famciclovir or valaciclovir inhibited peripheral replication of HSV, reducing latent infection but not preventing it altogether.2 In one case report, a patient who started taking famciclovir within one hour of a needlestick injury did not develop whitlow and remained seronegative for HSV.
A week after contact I started experiencing numbness and an odd sensation on my fingertip. I immediately started famciclovir the next day (8 days post potential exposure) My finger still feels numb/ slightly cold/ very mildly swollen with red spots and hyperaensitivity at the tip (havent been touching anything with that finger) which is 1.5 weeks. I got a fever a few days ago which was 1 week after I felt potential symptoms and 2 weeks post potential exposure.
even though i have read that these drugs are not effective
Hello,
To prevent frequent recurrence of genital warts, one can take medicines like Acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir. This is known as suppressive therapy and is very much effective in preventing recurrences. My advice is to consult a dermatologist and get it prescribed.
I hope it helps. Take care and please do keep us posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional doubts. Kind regards.
I was recently exposed to HSV-2, close contact but no intercourse. I recently lost 3 family members and the stress of contracting herpes might put me over the edge. I realize this has probably made me overly paranoid about contracting the virus, however, I'm considering post-exposure prophylaxis with Famciclovir. Is there any reason not to proceed (beyond the fact that it is considered "off-label" and not proven to suppress the virus)?
I started suppression famciclovir over the weekend and had diahhrria 5 times the next day. Has this happend to anyoone else? Please share your side effects of any other meds or meds that gave no side effects. I have to call the doc and get something else.
Whether the lesion that occurred on your arm is HSV-1 as well will be almost impossible to tell at this time, particularly if you are taking famciclovir. Auto inoculation is uncommon in persons with HSV but if it occurs, it typically occurs only at the time of and from the site of the initial infection. As I understand it, you have HSV-1 and the lesion you describe is a recurrence, not your first outbreak. If that is so, as Teri has told you, it is very unlikely to be HSV.
Recently I developed little spots on my penis head, which are spreading over the whole head now . Thinking it was chlamydia or herpes I took 4x azithromycin 250 caps and 2x famciclovir 125 tabs. That night I went I the shower. I had a huge rash covering my whole stomach , above my groin and the inside of my thigh . It was very noticeable and pronounced . The next day it was gone. But the little but on my inner thigh was still there.
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