Famvir suppressive therapy
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It also only has to be taken once a day which is a bonus for suppressive therapy long term. Both acyclovir and famvir need to be taken twice daily for suppressive therapy ( acyclovir is 3x/day for ob's and famvir is still 2x/day for ob's ). Acyclovir is the cheapest choice.
no ma'am.
no famvir isn't stronger than valtrex. they both work about the same, you just have to take famvir more often to get the same results as you do with valtrex.
Your spouse having herpes isn't going to trigger ob's in you. You will still get ob's even while on suppressive therapy, you just get less of them.
, can i have oral sex done on me without passing it on and if i start the suppressive therapy, how much protection does this offer my partner. Ive recently started dating someone but so far only kissed. I want to share this info but in a way that i wont scare him but also inform as honestly as possible. Up until ive really struggled coping with it but i dont want to hide away anymore.....gets lonely!
Acyclovir is not effective when only taken once a day. You need to take it 400mg 2x/day if you want it to work. I do not recommend taking it any other way for suppressive therapy. If you can't commit to taking the medication properly then don't take it at all.
If you only want to take medication once a day then you'll need to switch to valtrex which is effective when only taken once a day.
Ob's don't necessarily get less frequent over time. One study showed that 1/4 of folks have less ob's after 5 years of infection, 1/4 had more and the rest all had about the same number of ob's. It's different for everyone and probably has more to do with genetics than anything else.
You are having 6 ob's a year which I would assume is annoying.
Yes, that's what he's saying. With daily suppressive therapy (taken by you), the odds of him becoming infected are something like 4% over the course of an entire year of normal sexual frequency. 4% per year. Think about that... pretty low. That assumes you'd be avoiding any sex when you were having prodromal symptoms or having signs of a recent outbreak.
A male partner is 96% likely each year NOT to contract hsv2 from you if all you do is avoid sex any time you have active symtpoms.
Suppressive therapy is chronic daily therapy. It means that you are taking enough medication (taken daily) to suppress the virus, or keep the virus from shedding. When the virus sheds, it comes to the surface of the skin, which is how it can infect other people. So you want to decrease the shedding. The only known way to do that is to take medication on a daily basis, one of the antiviral medications (acyclovir, Famvir, or Valtrex).
You may not ever figure out what is causing the increase, but consider suppressive therapy, like daily valtrex or acyclovir. Valtrex is more expensive, but is a convenient once a day dose. Acyclovir is MUCH cheaper, but it's twice a day. If you are in the US, your choice may depend on cost/insurance coverage.
s only herpes - then yes I totally agree with waringblender - try going off suppressive therapy completely or switch to acyclovir or famvir and see if either of them work better.
s around the time I started suppressive therapy. Now I have no nape hair.
If the male is on daily suppressive therapy the risk is cut in half which makes it about 4-5% each year. If you throw in condoms along with all that it's a 2-3% risk each year of contracting hsv2 from the male. This info only applies to valtrex, not to acyclovir or famvir ( valtrex is not yet available in most countries as a generic - only in india and it can't be legally sold outside of india ).
This caused me to go onto suppressive therapy (500mg once a day). I have tried cutting down to one tablet every 2nd day but when I do it's not long before I get another o/b.
I'm pretty healthy, don't smoke, eat well, exercise etc. In fact during the 2 years with very few o/b's I did smoke and had less o/b's!
Q1) I thought that with time o/b's are meant to decrease in frequency, so what's wrong with me?
Q2) Has anyone had this experience?
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At this point you have more questions to ask of her. Find out how she was diagnosed and if she knows if she has hsv1 or hsv2. Ask her specifically if she's taking daily suppressive therapy with a herpes antiviral ( really not any difference whether it's valtrex, famvir or acyclovir as far as we know ). Then get yourself tested to know what your own status is too so that together you can decide what precautions to take.
At this point suppressive therapy with either acyclovir, valtrex or famvir is the best treatment for herpes if you chose to treat your herpes.
There is TONS of research going on. If you are interested in participating, check out www.clinicaltrials.gov regularly to see if any is going on in your area that you can participate in.
What mad eyou start suppressive therapy? You might want to consider switching to acyclovir or famvir instead and see if you do better on either of those. You can even start off at a low, subtheraputic dose and gradually increase your dose over the course of 2-3 weeks and see if you tolerate that better too.
I have been on 500 milligrams of Valtrex daily for a year and a half as suppressive therapy. My gynocologist just told me that I need to stop taking it because it causes liver damage. I asked her if I could take Famir or Zovirax on a daily basis instead. She said no because all anti-virals cause liver damage.
My husband does not have Herpes. I have a stressful job and frequent outbreaks, hence my interest in daily suppressive therapy.
Are you taking medication ? If not I would suggest starting Suppressive Therapy such as Valtrex or Aciclovir on a daily basis rather than topical applications that may cause more irritation than good .....
It is appropriate that your doctor gave you a prescription for suppressive therapy and another for treating outbreaks. Do you have a regular sex partner? Have they been tested for herpes? If not, they should be. They could be infected and not know it. If they also are positive for HSV 2, there is really no need for suppressive therapy. If you don't have a regular partner, but are having sex, it is good for you to be on suppression as it reduces the risk of transmission by about half.
If one partner is infected with hsv2 how does suppressive therapy work for the uninfected partner if they are taking suppressive medication as well? Upon ending the relationship how long before a test can be considered accurate in diagnosing HSV2? My understanding is that suppressive therapy itself can cause a test to read negative by ELISA levels by suppressing viral levels. What levels of Acyclovir do you generally reccommend daily for effective suppressive therapy?
I just am very new to this and started suppressive therapy today. What if i have an outbreak while im on it? Do i start taking Valtrex, 3 times a day and then continue my 1 a day after 7 days of the 3 a day? Im just a wreck about all this, it makes you so paranoid!
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