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Doctor prescribed mylan-valacyclovir 500 mg for my cold sore: 4 pills in the morning and 4 pills at night. lightheaded a few hours after 1st dose. ok?
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If it: didn't recur, then likely a coincidence.
Answered 4/15/2019
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