VALTREX Reviews (VALACYCLOVIR HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (638 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VALTREX with similar:
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| 1 | Herpes HSV1 in eye | major nausea, dizzyness, bad headaches, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, dehydrated, thirsty all the time, tingling in hands, feel like puking all the time. I'm pretty sure my eye is healing fine. | Hopefully I will only have to take this for a week to cure the Herpes infection in my eye. I somehow transferred herpes from my lip to my eye about 7 years ago. This is my 4th outbreak in my eye - brought on by stress but other triggers have been : sunburn on my eye from skiing, taking out contact too fast (tearing cornea), etc. I've found that taking vicodin for the eye nerve pain and headaches helps. I am working from home as the virus is contagious. Am set to take Valtrex another 2 days for a grand total of a week only I hope! | F | 32 | 5 days | 8/15/2007 | 5 | Herpes | None | I was on Valtrex for almost a year. Taking 500mg everyday. I Went from having Cold sores once a month to never getting them while I was on the medicine. I was getting horrible cold sores too. I have now been off the once daily 500mg and have not experienced anything. It's awesome. I heard that with some people taking the medicine for a while causes less reacurrences. I highly recommend it...and I had no side effects. | F | 22 | 1 days | 8/6/2007 | 3 | genital herpes | headache, eye strain, nausea, dizziness, and mental disconnect | My doctor told me there were NO side effects for Valtrex so, for the last week, I have assumed that I was just a little "out of it" or it was the virus since I'm having a mild outbreak. Today I finally decided to read about the drug. My symptoms sure come up repeatedly in other posts as side effects. Some say effects lessen with time... maybe I'll try to stick it out for another week. | F | 37 | 9 days | 8/1/2007 | 3 | Genital Herpes | Tiredness. I have to take a nap during the day and when i wake up from nap i am dizzy. | Can't give full comments of it because i have only been taking for 2 weeks. so i have no idea if it stops ob or not. | M | 21 | 2 days | 8/1/2007 | 5 | Genital herpes | NO SIDE EFFECTS | I take 1Gram a day and it works great. I only take so much everyday because I have frequent outbreak. I never have a outbreak and no side effects. Great product I would reccomend to anyone. Only one complaint and thats the price, make sure you have medical and prescription coverage. | F | 27 | 9 years | 7/30/2007 | 4 | Genital Herpes | Some nausea, but not too bad | I take it for outbreaks only. 2 pills a day for 3 days, and I'm done. It is VERY expensive and no generic, but if you have herpes, you're kind of trapped. A tip to anyone reading this, use BLUE STAR OINTMENT on the outbreak to relieve the itching and burning in that first day or two. Works wonders. | F | 30 | 5 years | 7/29/2007 | 5 | shingles | fatigue, one inch oval red mark on my upper right arm | 100% satisfied with results. shingles really hurt and this stopped the spread and resultant pain. | F | 51 | 7 days | 7/28/2007 | 4 | genital herpes | I get light head occasionally (with no warning), occasional sharp abdominal pains (not sure if that is related, but I am healthy otherwise). | I have been taking Valtrex on and off for 19 years...everytime I stop taking it the outbreaks return immediately and occur monthly. I am worried about the long term effects of Valtrex on my body, but I can't find any studies or data about this. | F | 39 | 19 years | 7/25/2007 | 3 | Genital Herpes | Acne; Loss of concentration/foggy brain feeling | Worked well to control my outbreaks; not sure if it's worth the side effects since there are other drugs out there that do the same. | F | 36 | 6 years | 7/23/2007 | 5 | Genital Herpes | NO SIDE EFFECTS!!! Thank God!! I'm usually very sensitive to all kinds of medicine so I was hesitant to try Valtrex. Especially after reading all of these crazy posts! | This is my first outbreak and I have only been using the drug for 2 days. It has already helped a great deal with the pain. Great, fast results, no side effects...what more could you ask for?? Valtrex is the way to go! | F | 20 | 2 days | 7/20/2007 | 3 | herpes genital | somewhat headach, pain in left elbow joint for a day, pain in ovaries for a day, alot of fatigue. sleep very well. feel swollen. | i took famvir 2 a day 1000 mg for 3 years unfortunatley i cant take no longer was getting outbreak every two to three weeks...i have been taken valtrex for 5 days now and every thing seems to be good...no out breaks but some side effects... | F | 38 | 5 days | 7/17/2007 | 5 | shingles | None--it was EXTREMELY effective. | I was diagnosed the 1st day I had 3 shingles blisters and was immediately started on Valtrex which prevented the blisters from spreading and consequently had an extremely mild case of shingles. My daughter & husband also tried taking it later in their respective courses of shingles and it didn't seem to help them much (tho tough to see whether they might have been even more miserable for longer if they hadn't taken Valtrex). For me, it saved me from having a nasty case of shingles like they had suffered with. | F | 50 | 30 days | 7/10/2007 | 4 | genital herpes | stiffness and ache in lower back and right knee and right calf which go away with walking. Not sure if it's related to Valtrex, but it showed up 3 weeks after i started taking it. | 30 days into this, so far no outbeaks | M | 64 | 30 days | 6/20/2007 | 4 | genital herpes | I've been taking 500 mg/day for a month. I'm 64 and have had GH since 1968. Outbreaks seemed to be on the increase. I've noticed lower back pain and a stiff right knee and calf muscle that could be a side effect. Other than that, no outbreaks since I started, but I see the long list of side effects, so I'm concerned. | M | 64 | 30 days | 6/19/2007 | 3 | genital herpes | general malaise, hearing problems | Switched from acyclovir only because of advertisements that said it was the only drug shown to reduce incidence of spread to an uninfected partner. It was so much more expensive, and so new, that I became nervous and decided to switch back. Acyclovir worked great (took it for 6+ years without a single outbreak), had no side effects, and my partner still hasn't been infected. | F | 43 | 6 months | 6/19/2007 | 5 | HHV-6, chronic fatigue syndrome | I have to wash off the blue coating because I react to dyes (and GSK will no longer sell the drug to compounding pharmacies). Mild constipation upon initially starting it which resolved on its own. | My HHV-6 IgG levels have not dropped, but my fatigue did improve enough to get me out of bed most days. This is one of the best things I've done with fighting chronic fatigue syndrome to improve my health. I also experience shingles in my neck while already on Valtrex, and I am positive that it helped keep the rash to a minimum. | F | 33 | 1.5 years | 6/17/2007 | 1 | Cold Sores on Lips & Face | Took my 1st dose (1000mg) at 8pm tonite. 90 minutes later, began to feel slightly dizzy, nauseous, & very sleepy. Went to bed & woke up at 3am, after having the worst nitemare of my life. Extremely vivid & detailed nitemare. My husband told me that I had been mumbling & crying in my sleep off & on for last few hours. After waking completely, was very disoriented, dizzy & upset over awful dreams. So upset, I immediately got online to check out other peoples reactions. | Have had genital herpes since 1983 & ourbreaks have been under control for years. 8 months ago, began to have severe cold sores on lips & around mouth, lasting approx 2 wks duration. Sun exposure and/or stress seem to trigger. Went to the doctor today & told to take 1000mg 3 times/day. Have only taken 1 dose so far & after this strong negative reaction-will NOT take another pill again. By the way-my life is very happy & content-do not normally have nitemares & had no reason tonite other than the drug reaction. I am actually afraid to go back to sleep now, at 4:30am. After reading other peoples reactions-I am terrified of this drug. | F | 46 | 1 days | 6/14/2007 | 4 | herpes | it cleared my outbreak when i was first diagnosed w genital herpes. been on it since and when i quit taking it, i would break out. so i take it daily. havnt noticed any side affects. i used to got horrible cold sores and now i dont get them. | F | 10 months | 6/8/2007 | 3 | genital herpes | tired, need to take a nap during the day ... but I've only been on 500 mg for a week and I'm hoping it gets better. | I was self medicating on Famvir for about 4 years. It worked but outbreaks were about every month and it made me anxious, not knowing when the next outbreak would be and if I'd start the regimen soon enough. So I thought I'd try the suppressive therapy. After reading all the writings on this page, I'm having second thoughts about it. Don't trust drug companies, that's for sure. How long should I be on it? | F | 55 | 8 days | 6/5/2007 | 3 | cold sores | fatigue, irritability, long lasting headaches, acne, and a sharp drop in pocket change | Took this drug because I was worried about cold sore outbreaks when Im on antibiotics. I don't have any of my nasty cold sores, but I can't shake the head ache and general foggy feeling in my brain. I haven't decided if this is a fair trade. | F | 24 | 2 days | 6/3/2007 |