Acyclovir in breastfeeding
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When he starts to complain of pain in his toe like a recurrence might be starting, give him his acyclovir asap so it can help to ward off a full blown recurrence. He only needs to take it for 2 days, 3 times a day. You also can do soaks in domboro's solution when he has lesions to help speed healing too.
I had my first and only HSV-1 outbreak (genital expression) from oral sex in 2008 (boyfriend unknowingly passed to me) and have not had even one recurrent episode since. I am now 36.5 weeks pregnant and just started to take generic valtrex for suppression for delivery just to be extra safe and cautious. What is the earliest time I can stop taking it so I can start breastfeeding my newborn? I do not want him to drink valtrex!
Has anyone noticed that there is a shortage of Acyclovir in the US? I live on the East coast and have found that it is very hard to get my prescription re-filled.
I take 400mg x2 a day for suppression and I have only been able to get 200mg. With some difficulty I might add. It isn't the end of the world but I am concerned about the supply in a month when I go for another re-fill.
I read on the FDA web site that there is currently a shortage.
http://www.fda.
My question is why would I get blisters a second time in 2 weeks? Since it is a weekend, should I start the Acyclovir again, and can it do me any harm if I do? Being a weekend, I can't get in touch with the physician, and I now have 2 opposing medical opinions, from my physician to stop the Acyclovir, and one from the physician at the urgent care clinic on 8/26 to start the medication again. Thanks for your help.
m not certain whether the ACOG and CDC recommendations about acyclovir (or valacyclovir) late in pregnancy are intended for moms with histories of genital HSV-1. My judgment is that treatment is still a good idea, and I certainly would want it to be done if my daugher, wife, or other person close to me were in your situation. But you could discuss this aspect with your obstetrician. Consider printing out this entire thread as a starting point for discussion at your next prenatal visit.
The severity of the out break has also increased significantly extremely painful nothing like before. The medication acyclovir doesn.t seem to be helping the out breaks are lasting about 2 weeks to resolve completely. Why is this happening? Is it age related?( i just turned 38) Can it be related to my diet? (transitioning to veganism)What kind of specialist or doctor can i consult?(my ob/gyn is clueless) the same thing is happening to my husband.
You get much better relief from ob's by taking acyclovir 2x/day every single day. You can do this for under $20/month in the US even if you don't have insurance.
Lysine doesn't help to heal ob's faster. It also doesn't suppress the virus.
For acyclovir when you first start feeling an ob about to start, take either 400mg 3x/day for 5 days or 800mg 2x/day for 2 days. Both speed healing at the same rate.
I stopped taking acyclovir in December 2011. I have had numerous outbreaks like once a month or every couple of months. I have had HSV2 four years and four months now. My last outbreak was maybe eight weeks ago. Shouldn't my outbreaks decrease since I have had the virus for some time.I would like to know is that too many outbreaks to be experiencing.
We took a 3 day break from sex then repeated the 3 times a day the following weekend. The raw feeling in my penis got worse to the point I went to the dr. It literally felt like I had a raw sore, but nothing was there. She confirmed everything looked normal, but said it was probably herpes based on my symptoms and my girlfriend's status. She prescribed acyclovir, which I didn't start taking yet.
Hi there,
In November 2008, my boyfriend kissed me when he had a visible coldsore on his lip. 24 hours later I had one come up on my lip, but with it came 3 blisters in my mouth (on my tongue & gums). From the day I caught these cold sores, I've hardly had a single day without them. They are rarely on the outside of my mouth though, but always on the inside.
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...
Does Acyclovir make anyone else feel completely terrible? I get terrible headaches, dizzy, diarrhea and feel just awful. im not sure which is worse sometimes.
I continued 2 times a day acyclovir for suppression. After that I had bacterial infection in my vagina which the doc gave me metrogel, and then an abcess in my labia which the doc said was a clogged gland, which she drained and gave me flexril for. A few days later, I had arm pain (feels like deep aching in my bone, similar to my leg pain before my outbreak), and a very itchy rash on my the upper part of my breast! It itches a lot, and feels very similar to the way my herpes itched.
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.
It also sounds like you and your partner are in a monogamous relationship in which neither of you has other sexual partners. If this is the case, you can both be tested for a variety of STDs and, if the tests are negative, you have no reason for concern as long as you do not have other partners. The tests I would recommend in general for both of you are tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia at all sites of exposure (penis, rectum and throat) and blood tests for syphilis and HIV.
I've had four outbreaks in one month since contracting this virus. I don't understand why my symptoms are so bad. I got herpes a little over a month ago from my boyfriend who "didn't know" because he never had or has symptoms. When he tested positive he was almost in denial because he just doesn't feel the effects. He drinks more than me, smokes, not really concerned about eating healthy....
However, she give me 15 tablets of Acyclovir and told me to finish it in 5 days. I was very worried now. Is it any possible for me to get infection of HSV2 by mouth and the virus travelled to my penis? I hope the result will be negative because this is my first time sex, if the result is negative, I gonna get a retest on 6 weeks later as window period issue but will the Acyclovir tablet affect the result accuracy?
In addition, other studies have conclusively shown that taking acyclovir has NO effect in delaying development of positive test results in person with HIV. The manifestations of infection are no different, the time course of developing positive tests are no different and the window period is no different.
Bottom line, as you have already heard, your test results are reliable. You did not get HIV from the exposures you mentioned. Put your concerns aside and move forward.
Burning mouth like on fire while out in very hot sun in palm springs and since my mouth tongue lips roof of mouth and throat still burn. Eyeballs burned and now I have only 1 mm tears. Ears burnt and hurt to sleep on them as they were very numb and now I have ear pain with tinnitus. Intermittent nasal pain behind nose and nose bridge to hammering pain and now no mucous in nose. Static feeling over brain one day and now constant burning scalp with severe hair loss. Dry skin.
They work the same. Acyclovir is 400 mg b.i.d. for suppressive effect, Valtrex is one b.i.d.
Can you keep your questions in the same thread? Then we can all remember your story without looking for the older threads.
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