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A 28-year-old male asked:

Please describe the medication: valtrex (valacyclovir)?

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Dr. Michael Dansieanswered

Family Medicine 16 years experience

Antiviral: Treats herpes virus infections, including shingles (herpes zoster), cold sores (herpes labialis), and genital herpes (herpes simplex) in adults. Also treats cold sores and chicken pox in children. This medicine will not cure herpes, but may prevent a breakout of herpes sores or blisters.

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Dr. Kevin Brownanswered

Obstetrics and Gynecology 23 years experience

Antiviral: Valtrex (valacyclovir) is an antiviral medication that is typically used to treat genital herpes, herpes labials (cold sores), and other herpes infections. It can be used for an outbreak or used as suppressive therapy.

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I'm taking azitomycin for chymidia at the same time can i take fluconazale if it's a yeast and i take daily valtrex (valacyclovir) for genital herpes so my question is RDs three medication safe to take at the same time?

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A 20-year-old female asked:

Is zovirax the suppressive drug for herpes ? How is it different from Valtrex (valacyclovir) ?

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A 30-year-old member asked:

Im on Valtrex (valacyclovir) 1mg for 10 days and no result, what can I do?

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A 46-year-old male asked:

Just started to take first pill of Valtrex (valacyclovir) 500 mg would two beers have any affect on the dose I took six hours ago?

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A 25-year-old female asked:

If I'm on daily Valtrex (valacyclovir) for ghsv1 can I still get symptoms like Itching or is it probably related to something else? No other symptoms or outbreaks

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