Acyclovir cold sores

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Avatar m tn i started taking acyclovir a few days ago for the first time for a mild cold sore breakout. 2 days after i started, the cold sores got more intense, and 2 new huge cold sores came up out of nowhere. i have 3 more days left of the medication, and i'm going to keep taking it, but what should i do? these cold sores are not going away, and it seems like its getting worse! so done with these friggin things...
Avatar f tn When you are at the store buying the medication, stop by and ask the pharmacist if its safe, I'm pretty sure it is. My husband gets cold sores and abreva doesn't work at all for him. He puts carmex on it constantly and it usually goes away in a few days. Remember, now that you're pregnant, your immune system is lower so you might get the cold sore break outs more often.
Avatar f tn Has anyone one else gotten cold sores early in their second trimester? How did you get rid of them fast? PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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 I have had horrible cold sores for 14 years. B4 that, nothing. My initial outbreak was on my nose. Huge blister massive facial swelling that led to hospitalization for a month and diagnosed with herpes encephalitis. Since then only massive blisters, size of a plum. Cannot see shape of nose. When out brake frms on my lip it's so large it swells to the bottom of my chin. B4 I would have an out brake once a year, now it's almost every month.
Avatar m tn cold sores are hsv1 orally the vast majority of the time. Treating it 7 days after it appeared with acyclovir was actually a waste of money - it was already almost all healed. If your provider didn't give you refills on your acyclovir for future cold sores, give the clinic a call and ask for a prescription to have on hand. in the future, anytime you feel a cold sore about to start, that's the time to start the cold sore doses of acyclovir.
Avatar f tn Cold urticaria and cold sores are totally different things. As you know, cold urticaria is caused by a reaction to cold exposure, but cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex type 1 (hsv1) virus. Hsv1 can be triggered by lots of things, including other illnesses and cold. So while they aren't related, they might be triggered by the same things.
Avatar n tn Will treatment for hypothyroidism suppress my cold sores at all? to be cold sore free for even a week seems like an impossibe wish at the moment. My boyfriend and I can't kiss, I can't eat chocolate, I can't drink, I can't kiss my family & haven't been able to do any of these things for over a year now..I feel like I've been delivered a life sentence..can anyone help?
1372757 tn?1305916571 10th injection yesterday and another cold sore. It seems like I have had a constant cold sore since I started treatment. Any miracle cures?
Avatar f tn I've had cold sores almost my whole pregnancy my doctor prescribed me valtrex and it helps somewhat but I also use abriva.
Avatar m tn I've been getting cold sores for as long as I can remember. I have never been tested for HSV 1 but always assumed that's what it is. I used to only get 1 or 2 every year or two. But, recently they have been more and more frequent. I used the 200mg acyclovir at times when I felt I was getting an OB and it worked very well. Although, there have been times, once or twice, when it did not work and I experienced the worst OB's I've ever had.
Avatar f tn give the doc a call and ask for a prescription for herpes antivirals to keep on hand for future cold sores. she can use either 1 day famvir, 1 day valtrex or 2 day acyclovir to treat cold sores. acyclovir is the cheapest option - 800mg 3x/day for 2 days.
632033 tn?1222423034 Your statement seem to imply that predisone actually helps lessen the severity of. Cold sores?
Avatar n tn t work at all on genital herpes lesions. it barely got fda approval to say it speeds healing of cold sores. It only healed cold sores less than a day faster than a placebo. red marine algae failed tests in animals for herpes so it never went for testing in humans. we don't recommend it at all. Not sure I've seen studies on lecithin for herpes to comment on it. Not real sure I"d use colloidal silver on a cold sore - isnt it painful?
Avatar m tn s are just fine with you saying you get cold sores and want medication for them. You can get the acyclovir 200mg, 30 tablets for $4 at walmart. Ask your doc to write the prescription like that for you to get it cheapest and then just take 4 pills at a time ( 800mg is what it totals ) 3x/day for 2 days at the very first sign of a cold sore about to start. Sometimes you can totally head them off like that. Aveeno cold sore ointment with propolis in it is cheaper than abreeva .
368646 tn?1208393887 If you are having cold sores more frequently - either go with the cold sore dose of one of the antivirals at the very first sign of one starting or if you are having them monthly and they are sure they are cold sores and not something else, consider suppressive therapy to try to reduce the number of cold sores you are having over all. a 2 week course isn't really going to do anything for cold sores as far as preventing them from reoccuring so often. Does that make sense?
Avatar f tn I have been suffering with cold sores for almost since I was a teenager I am 39 and still suffering with them I never brought this to my doctors attention, because I thought nothing can be done about it. I know the virus is living inside of me and everybody else who gets them, they hurt a lot yesterday morning when I woke up I already started with 3 of them on my upper lip. Do you break out with them when you are stressed? Yesterday my daughter had her 3rd hip surgery...
Avatar m tn ( It only heals cold sores less than a day sooner than using a placebo. you can get a round of acyclovir for $4 - works a little better and far cheaper. if you use acyclovir, best to start it at the very first sign of a cold sore about to start. if you wait until an actual cold sore is present, it's usefulness is very limited too. have you ever had type specific herpes igg blood testing done? honestly this doesn't sound like oral herpes going on but it could be.
Avatar m tn I did have a bad spout of cold sores this past 5 month so my doctor gave me acyclovir. My cold sores do hurt. The scab in my genital area does not flake like my cold sores do. It more less just gets smaller. I take acyclovir as a daily suppressant. I am wondering if what I am describing as a chance of herpes? If I am on dailly acyclovir does that help me with resistant of HSV2 infection? Keep in mind I do have a high anxiety of herpes and HIV.
Avatar m tn I take methotrexate to treat lupus and a side effect of that drug is cold sores on my face. I've been taking 1,000 mg. acyclovir daily for over ten years and it seems to be losing its effectiveness in keeping the cold sores at bay. Has anyone else found that it doesn't work as well after many years? If so, what did you do? My rheumatologist said I can take up to five pills a day but I don't want to do that. Thanks for your help.
Avatar n tn I have had cold sores since I was like 3 ;I met someone I deeply cared for and love..I am a lesbian by the way..I telling u this because of the questions I have. So we got tested and everything came back negative for me except of course HSV1 and for her all was negative. Here are my questions and thank u in advance for answering them: 1. I have read so many different percentages of shedding from 5% to 18% the highest..which is closer to the truth? 2.
Avatar n tn My ex BF clearly lied about the Cialis. Is he lying about the Acyclovir? Do DRs regularly prescribe Acyclovir for just cold sores on the mouth? He gets angry whenever I try to talk to him about it and we are not speaking at the moment. Why be angry about this unless he is lying? I am just so upset about all of it but he is denying HPV 2 and angered at me for questioning him.