Valtrex cold sore treatment

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Avatar m tn I am an uncircumcised 24 year old mle and 24 days ago I received oral sex from long timr gf. She also kissed me heavily and she had a scabbed cold sore she had been treating with zoovirax. 4 hours after the oral sex, I went to the ER and was inmediately given 2 grams of valtrex and a 7 seven day prescription. I was tested two days after and I am negative for both hsv 1 and 2.
Business woman1 I have a Cold sore on my left side of lip.It came from having a cold.On this particular side my temple throbs I have face pain,my teeth aches is this normal?What can I use to heal it.
Avatar n tn You can sometimes head off a full blown cold sore if you start the medication soon enough. For famvir and valtrex, the cold sore doses are just 1 day treatments. see their websites for more info.
127596 tn?1210922622 I meet up with a group of friends every Wednesday night. Someone invariably brings someone else and, after six months, half the people there are people I've never met. So there's this one woman - a regular. I get to know her, we go out for drinks one night after the group get-together, and head back to her place. We do the usual doings and that's that. She goes out of town for a couple of weeks and just came back. So we got together again on Monday night.
Avatar f tn I seen something on my lip about a week ago, but thought nothing of it, It got worst and embarrassing, so I went to urgent care, and I find out I have a cold sore. I was very upset when I found out and the fact that a guy gave this to me and didn't even tell me made me even more upset, Ive been taking valtrex, but I need this to go away as soon as possible,it's already been 8 days, and it's still here.
Avatar m tn Since then, my fever and illness have subsided, but I’ve been getting one cold sore after the other. As soon as one sore resolves another pops up. I’ve been taking Valtrex to resolve them, so they have not been particularly bad outbreaks, but I am concerned about their recurrence. Does anyone have any insight into what could be causing this? I am seeing an ENT in a few days and would like to know if there’s anything specific you would suggest I ask about.
Avatar n tn Since the second cold sore up until present, I've used alcohol to dry the sore, abreva on it daily, and I used two grams valtrex in 1 day at the start of an OB. I was switched to suppressive therapy a week and a half ago - 500 mg Valtrex twice a day, and so far it has not helped...I've had two, including tonight's, since the switch. I stopped using alcohol to dry the sore, since I'm trying to weed out reasons as to why they keep coming back.
Avatar m tn 1) I have the beginnings of a cold sore on the lip. For Valacyclovir and Valtrex the recommended dosage is 2000mg every 12 hours...total of 4000mg in 24 hours. I have 2000mg of Valtrex and 2000mg Valacyclovir from prior outbreaks. Can I take them together for the some effect? Or do I need to take the 4000mg total dose with the same drug? 2) I am getting cold sores on the lip up to 3 times a year. There is no common catalyst. Each outbreak if not treated early is as severe as all the rest.
Avatar m tn com by googling it - The recommended dose for VALTREX is 2 grams taken at the first sign of a cold sore, and then again about 12 hours later. It’s important to start treatment with VALTREX at the first sign of a cold sore (such as tingling, itching, or burning). There are no studies that show if VALTREX works when used after the appearance of a cold sore. But be sure to follow your healthcare provider’s specific instructions.
Avatar f tn Cold sore fx and polysporin patches they make for cold sores cause then you can put a small dab of cover up on it. I rarely get them now.
Avatar n tn Monday afternoon I felt with my tongue, and saw a forming cold sore on the top left corner of my mouth. Now I have had cold sores since I was a young child and get them at least 1-2, and I usually know, if not all the time whether I'm getting one or not. I'm on suppressants (Valtrex), but I only take it when I have an outbreak or think I'm getting one.
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?
Avatar m tn I have HSV 1 oral and i seem too get one cold sore after the other what can i do too stop from happing so often?And is there any medication i can take too stop them from happing so often?
Avatar f tn So this morning I woke up with a very large cold sore on my top lip near the corner of my mouth. I've never in my life had a cold sore before and am wondering if being pregnant has something to do with this? I am 27 weeks & 2 days pregnant. Please help me I'm freaking out!!!!!
Avatar f tn Thanks for the quick response Jerry! I went to the doctor and showed her my cold sore. She mentioned that because it's past the scanning stage and I've been taking Valtrex, it's no longer contagious.
Avatar m tn okay so i have a cold sore so i tried using salt to cure it. but as i was cleaning the salt of my lip a piece flew into my eye. i hurried up and flush my eye out with water. am i gonna have herpes of the eye now?
Avatar f tn Call your provider and ask them to phone in a prescription for the cold sore doses of one of the herpes antivirals. Famvir and valtrex both have 1 day cold sore doses.
7166590 tn?1408351416 Im 5w 3days and I think I may be getting a cold sore on my lip.... ive never had one and neither has my partner so I'm not sure how I may have got it. Is it a symptom of presgnancy, and how can I stop it before it gets worse. It taste silvery and kinda tingles. My mum gets them but I havent been in contact with her for a while.
Avatar f tn Probably taking the medication as you did might help a little, we have no research on that issue. But it is the proper dose for the treatment of a cold sore. It is also helpful that the cold sore was healing. Have you ever had an antibody test for herpes in the past? If not, you might want to obtaina baseline antibody test now and repeat it in 4 months.
Avatar f tn At the end of December after a xmas vacation, I began to get a small dry skin crack on my lower lip, but it soon turned to a hard lump and then what looked to some like a cold sore to my friends. I've never had a cold sore before but used abrevia and the same antibiotics from the prior infection because this sore started to feel the same as the infection (pain along my jawline again) and I was afraid the same bacterial infection might be returning.
Avatar f tn Last week, in the same mark where I had had my first chin cold sore, a LARGE cold sore erupted. I immediately took Valtrex. On day 7 of my course of Valtrex, the sore was still there, and still, clearly active and I began to feel tingling on the side of my mouth, around my mouth, inside it. I have not felt this tingling sensation before but I hear it indicates that more cold sores are going to erupt. My doctor gave me another course of Valtrex.
Avatar m tn I have been prescribed valtrex for about 3 months now and this is my second time taking it. I felt that I was getting a cold sore yesterday morning and I took my dose 500ml every 12 hours for one day and I see that it dried up. But I see another one coming. Can I take another dose today or do I have to wait a couple of days? I have a big meeting coming up and next week and and starting to freak out but dont want to OD and have some weird side affect.