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A 23-year-old female asked:

Doctor recently gave me valacyclovir hcl 500 mg t the directions are take 4 tablets daily for one day treatment for cold sore, how to take hourly?

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Dr. Farhad Sigari
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 22 years experience
Twice a day: Generally the directions i give my patients are to take two tablets in the morning and two at night.
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