Valtrex Uses?

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I have a friend who is very concern with the fact that he caught his ex-wife with someone recently, and is concerned if she caught something. He also found a perscription for Valtrex in her purse, and is wondering if she's reacting to a problem from this one night stand. Any information on this, would be very much appreciated. He also said she said it was prescribed for cold Sores?

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valtrex is prescribed for herpes. bottom line. if shes taking it, that means she had an outbreak of herpes.

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Erin,

Thanks for the info! I will pass it on. Anything else useful please post it.

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Has your wife experienced cold sores in the past? If so then you should already be aware that she carries Herpes I. Instead of waiting through a week or more of excruciating pain, she may be using her medication to treat her current condition, one that you may already have too. Valtrex can prompt healing if taken at the first sign of an outbreak to either supressing the blister from forming or healing it within 3-5 days.

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oh yeah... your friend's ex wife. So why is he so concerned and why in the hell is he going through her purse????

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Sorry, but I couldn't let this pass without clearing up the Cold Sores question. LOTS of people take Valtrex for Cold sores. I do! and several friends do also. It has been shown to reduce the number of Cold sore (herpes 1) dramatically. Anyone who insists that you have to have genital herpes if your taking Valtrex is just ill-informed... or stupid.

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Erin that is not true. My Mother is a cancer patient and is on Valtrex.. The are given it to her as an antiviral. Any VIRUS. She doesnt have herpes!!

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The above posts are correct, this is used to treat all types of the herpes virus, as well as other types of viruses as well.

http:/­/­www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/­drug_information_online.asp?title=Valtrex&page=1002007&ad=true

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This is not just for herpes. I am suffering from Sudden hearing loss and am taking this as an anti-viral - may say herpes, but docs use it as an anti-viral for other things too....

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Information on herpes, herpes symptoms, herpes treatments, herpes diagnosis, living with herpes and more

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