Valtrex vs famciclovir

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Avatar f tn If you are taking antiviral medicines, such as acyclovir, famciclovir, ganciclovir, or valacyclovir (Valtrex) if can interfere with Herpes testing. This is primarily true in recent infections. The use of those medications can extend (but not prevent) seroconversion (the amount of time it takes your body to develop antibodies).
Avatar n tn I walked down the blocks and immediately bought a bottle Valtrex maybe 10 minutes after and took 500mg followed by 500mg more 12 hours later, and will probably continue for 14 days. I know Herpes tends to infect Epithelial cells first, then Mac's and T-cells and B-cells and various lymph cells before it eventually makes its way to a sensory nerve cell to enter a lysogenic lifecycle, in which case there's no getting rid of it.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar f tn I was diagnosed with HSV2 in Dec. 2020 I started taking Valtrex right away and a few weeks later I was fine symptom free. I started suppressive therapy to lower chances of transmission and everything was good until the end of May 2021. This is when everything started .. I started to have a constant burning feeling, tingling, prickly, raw irritated feeling on my outer vulva area near my vagina opening but have not seen any sores or lesions.
Avatar m tn At first I was getting cold sores about every 4 to 6 weeks. I then started taking 500 mg of Valtrex daily for suppression therapy. This seemed to reduce the frequency of my outbreaks to about once every 2 to 3 months. To save money, my insurance switched me to acyclovir (400 mg twice a day) with similar results as the Valtrex. Then starting about 3 months ago, I began to have outbreaks every two weeks even with the suppression therapy.
Avatar f tn How were you diagnosed as having ocular herpes and whitlow?
Avatar m tn - Dr. Keith Jerome at the Fred Hutch cured HSV in humanized mice (potential in 5-7 yrs) - IM-250 : tested effectively in mice - Univ. Penn mRNA vaccine proven effective in guinea pigs - Univ of Ill. at Chicago showed promise when using phenylbutyrate along side acyclovir Current treatments :: acyclovir (Zovirax), famciclovir (Famvir), and valacyclovir (Valtrex) The rabbit hole of "natural treatments" and remedies is never ending and fraught with peril, proceed cautiously.
Avatar f tn Famvir and famciclovir are the same thing, as are Valtrex and Valacyclovir. One is the brand name, one is the generic. I'd stay on the valacyclovir. The last thing you need right now is another outbreak, and stopping antivirals can trigger an ob. I can't advise you on the amiltriptiline. If it's not working, maybe you shouldn't continue it, but PLEASE talk to your doctor before stopping it.
Avatar m tn 5 mg of entecavir cause resistance in patients who never have been on any nucs and no polymerase resistance detected vs 1mg. My doctor wants me to take 1mg vs 0.5 mg but I have been been on any nucs and show no resistance to any nucs during genotype testing.
Avatar f tn Oral acyclovir or the recently developed drugs, valacyclovir (Valtrex) or famciclovir (Famvir), lessen the symptoms and frequency of fever blister recurrences for some patients. These drugs prevent HSV from multiplying and are effective when taken in pill form prior to an outbreak of the virus. Topical antiviral creams containing acyclovir (Zovirax) or penciclovir (Denavir) may also help in limiting the extent or duration of lesions if applied promptly to affected areas.
Avatar n tn but i noticed w people tha have light to mild symptoms use acylovair and it does reduce shedding unlike valtrex.
Avatar f tn I would really appreciate any comments. I got oral HSV 1 from kissing and the burning, redness, swelling symptoms on my tongue & lips have continued for over 2 months despite being on Valtrex (Valaciclovir) continuously. Has anyone else had this experience? I can only think that as I have Cystic Fibrosis and my immune system is busy with other infections that it can't push the HSV into its latent state???
Avatar n tn i know that valtrex and famvir are different family of anti-viral's. has anyone had poor results with valtrex and had to change to famvir? i don't seem to be responding to valtrex or acyclovir so i might change.
Avatar f tn However, it is well documented that valtrex and acyclovir perform very similarly. Valtrex is actually converted into acyclovir by the liver, so essentially, the two drugs act the same way in the body to suppress the virus. If acyclovir improves your quality of life, I would stick with it and explain the similarities to your partner - they are well documented and I expect you can find information in scholarly journals that supports the suppressive activity of acyclovir.
Avatar n tn I trust them that it goes through testing and stuff like that, I just didnt know if it was going to do the same work. For example I looked at it as coke cola vs no name or buckleys med vs safeway no name. They both have the same stuff but they both are just a little different in taste and how fast it works. As long as I dont get an outbreak I will be happy.
Avatar m tn 08, I learned to prevent an outbreak via 2000mg Valtrex during tingle. After a few preventions I no longer need Valtrex and can suppress it naturally except for being sick, or lot of UV exposure. Outbreak free for 6 weeks, my questions: 1. On my lips, at the site of prior infections (it jumps around), even though I haven't had an outbreak in this particular location for a few months, I often having a burning sensation here and other places on my lips.
Avatar n tn Can I take both Lysine and the Valtrex? I bought some Lysine but was afraid to take both. I love nuts and read about the arganine vs lysine. Any ideas?
Avatar f tn m a healthy 24 year old female who has been suffering from this since Spring 2007 (came down with meningitis 3x in 3 months - acyclovir and Valtrex treatments did not work and resulted in renal failure). All 3 times, my spinal tap came back positive for HSV II. I am currently (and have been since August 2007) taking 500mg of Famciclovir per day. For the first year, I took 500mg 3x per day. The second year I reduced it to 500mg 2x per day because it was really hard on my body.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn I then remembered that other recent outbreaks all started with the same fight or flight feelings. I went on valtrex 2 500 mg a day but I think since i waited four days since the initial symptoms the medicine didn't help much. In addition i get severely depressed on it to the point it is very difficult to function and get through my work day so i was taking 1/2 a pill a day and slogging my way through the day.