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| 5 | Herpes Whitlow on right hand | I feel just plain "yucky" all the time. So much more tired than usual, bad floaters & strange pain in head at times. My stomach has had a gnawing feeling...like hunger but am a bit sick to my stomach quite a bit. Have a spacey, not real feeling, too! Just so tired. | It is WONDERFUL for outbreaks! I suffered with this since I was 17 & caught it in Beautician's School! Went to so many DR. & they had no idea what was wrong. It works so well for outbreaks & now taking daily. BUT, am going to go off it! Can't take the bad feelings! | F | 59 | 2 months | 8/16/2008 | 4 | Herpes Cold Sores | Extremely GASSY! I cannot stop farting! After reading that ppl had diarrhea, it finally clicked why i might be having such stinky farts! Another SE...Achy back and legs, especially in the morning. | It works! I have had cold sores for about 10 years and this is the only thing that clears them up. i hadn't had an outbreak for maybe a year, and then i got an outbreak. Not sure if it's b/c i missed 2 birth control pills in one month, or b/c i was in the sun. Doc recommended 1 gram every 12 hours for 5 days. | F | 32 | 3 days | 8/16/2008 | 3 | Genital Herpes | None that have really stood out, perhaps some stomach discomfort at first. I take it before bed so perhaps that has helped. However, after reading these posts, I am wondering if itching on stomach and top of legs that accompanies each outbreak is related to Valtrex or herpes. | Have had GH for 20 years but with such infrequent outbreaks that it wasn't even diagnosed until a year ago. Now I get so many outbreaks that they overlap. I think it's due to stress. Valtrex has not cut down on the number of outbreaks, only the severity. I no longer get shooting pains down legs and only get a bad lesion every four months or so. I take 1 gram per day as suppression therapy. Am considering stopping just to see what would happen as the number of outbreaks continues to be high, and would love to get rid of the itching! I started taking 1500 gm Lysine per day, plus vitamin C, E and D, and Lysine in particular has helped with number of outbreaks. I wonder if it would help with severity as well. I actually get a one or two day break in between!! | F | 45 | 1 years | 8/14/2008 | 3 | cold sores..very bad all over mouth | dizziness,very tired ..and i recenlty saw someone that had a very bad nightmare and last night so did i ..it was the most terrifying nightmare i ever slept through..fatigue i noticed ..other then this valtrex is working | F | 17 | 3 weeks | 8/7/2008 | 4 | herpes. | cramping in upper leg, muscle pains. | I experienced my first outbreak about a week ago. I immediately went to the doctor and he prescribed Valtrex and an ointment to relieve the pain from the open sores. My sores are now almost gone, however I do experience back pains and pain at the top of my thigh. It almost feels as though my by begins to cramp up. However I'll keep you guys posted on any other side effects. I much rather feel cramping than to feel the pain from urination or any other pain i experienced last week. | F | 24 | 8 days | 8/6/2008 | 5 | HSV 2 | None | It works! After being diagnosed with genital herpes, I started taking this whenver I started to have an OB. I had difficulty telling when an OB was actually starting so I constantly missed the three-day window when you're supposed to start taking it. Because I was having frequent outbreaks (1x month) I decided to go on the 1x day regular maintenance dose. I haven't had a single OB since I started taking it full time, and I no longer stress about "Am I having one? Should I start taking it?" It's been a tremendous help and I highly recommend it. | F | 33 | 1 years | 8/3/2008 | 5 | HSV I (lips) | I started taking Valtrex about 6 days ago and the only side effect that I have noticed it diarrhea but other than that nothing. I usually get them every 2-3 months and in this case I have gotten them twice this month. For some reason I have been getting them like crazy and the severity is increasing every time since the last year and a half. I got fed up and finally asked my doctor for Valtrex. I've had this for about 10 years or so and it seems like every time I go out in the sun I have OB. Sucks. | I initially wanted the Valtrex 1 a day but my doctor felt like prescribing me 1gr/2x every 12 hours. So far I still feel the tingle on my lips but they seem to be going away already. It is definitely lessened the OB. So far I would recommend it. | F | 25 | 6 days | 7/29/2008 | 4 | Herpes | patches of rash and pimples on legs and lower abdomen and inflamed redness-nothing seems to end it but going off Valtrex-don't know what I will do for outbreaks now. I was getting them every month or so for the last 20 years. Have been on the Valtrex about 5 years | reduced outbreaks substantially-now not sure what to do for frequent outbreaks pretty worried. apparently I can't continue taking this any more. | M | 51 | 5 years | 7/28/2008 | 3 | shingles | blurred vision, lethargic, tired, confused | I'm taking Valtrex for shingles and noticed a definite change in my alertness. Loss of a sense of timespan, direction...as I type this I notice I have to keep correcting my spelling. Most recently after a week, I've notice sensitivity to light and floaters in my vision. Not sure how the medication is helping but am considering to go off the medication. | F | 45 | 7 days | 7/28/2008 | 3 | Genital herpes | Severe abdominal pain, anxiety, trouble sleeping, dizziness, floaters. | I've had herpes for 15 years and began taking acyclovir every day for about 7 years. I switched to Valtrex brand after that and would take 1 pill (500mg) about every other day or so up until about 3 years ago. I began experiencing severe stomach pains right after I got out of college which was about the time I began taking Valtrex. At the time I didn't correlate the two but after seeing a few doctors and nobody finding out what was wrong with me I started questioning them about Valtrex since that was the only medicine I had ever taken on a consistent basis. They assured me the medicine in no way could be behind it. My symptoms got worse and I noticed I starting having anxiety problems. At one point it got so bad that I couldn't sleep at night. At that point I got serious about finding out what was wrong and I realized that if I took a Valtrex that evening I would have the horrible anxiety symptoms that night and I would have stomach problems a day or so after. I slowly started lowerin | F | 32 | 15 years | 7/17/2008 | 3 | shingles | constant headache, upset stomach, dizziness, vision problems, vomiting on the first 2 days | I am 24 and was prescribed Valtrex for shingles. First off, shingles is horrible, so anything they could give me to help clear it up I would have taken. Second, Valtrex seems to work pretty well at clearing up the rash/blisters, but with some noticeable side effects. The first day I took it after the 2nd pill I felt very uneasy. Sometime in the night I woke up and spent a good amount of the early morning vomiting. Same thing with the next day. After that, my body seems to have gotten used to it, but I do have somewhat of a constant headache, and every time I take a pill I feel dizzy and have blurry vision for a little while. | M | 24 | 7 days | 7/2/2008 | 3 | Cold sores - lower lip | HEADACHE!!! Tingling in my lip | I tend to get "cold sores" from the sun, so does my mother. I was Rxed Valtrex to take at the first tingle. I am not sure which is worse the cure or the blisters. I have migraines and the Valtrex seemed to exacerbate them, I had a headache from the first dose on. I think I may just stick to Lysine and topical acyclovir from now on. | F | 44 | 5 days | 6/26/2008 | 2 | shingles | not sure what was Valtrex and what was illness. Had intense sore throat and flu-like symptoms - chills, fever | I think the blisters had already stopped forming before the Valtrex but I started it near the end of the 72 hour window. Pain set in on the 5 day of outbreak (3 day of Valtrex) so maybe it would have been worse without? The clinical trial information on the website was not impressive. | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/26/2008 | 3 | HSV2 | Nausea with no vomitting. Constant feeling of hunger pang bordering on pain. Migraine headache with 4 day lingering headache. Constantly lethargic which is odd as I am generally a very active person. Because I'm tired all the time, the rest of my body hurts. I don't think that's a direct cause of Valtrex. I believe that maybe that's a side effect of the side effect. I was diagnosed with HSV2 when I had an outbreak and started the medication immediately. On medication, my outbreak still lasted just about two weeks. Is that normal? | F | 37 | 14 days | 6/25/2008 | 4 | Genital Herpes | Because I'm taking other medications and had some changes at the time I started Valtrex, I can't be certain there are any side effects that I can attribute to Valtrex. | After dealing with Genital Herpes for over 30 years with outbreaks several times a month in the last few years (related to stress)I am very pleased with suppressive therapy of Valtrex (1000 mg. 1x/day) I have not had a single outbreak since starting. | F | 60 | 3 months | 6/21/2008 | 5 | HSV1 in the mouth | Her OB started Sunday morning and only started treatment wednesday night. First time trying valtrex. My daughter says it stopped the burning sensation of the fever blister within 12 hours. She has braces as well as an expander in her mouth,and with all the blisters in her mouth she was really discouraged and cried alot. Had trouble eating.She took 2000mg of valtrex befor bedtime and 12 hours later took another 2000mg. This helped her so much. Not only physically but also emotionally. Side effect was dizziness a bit. | They are quite expensive, this is the third OB,every month during menstrual cycle, next month she is going to take when she feels it coming on. To see the smile of my daughter i would have paid more. It isn't a cure but at least she feels better. | F | 17 | 1 days | 6/20/2008 | 3 | herpes | migrane headaches, still had herpes outbreaks, not as often. | F | 46 | 5 years | 6/9/2008 | 3 | Herpes 1 &2 | I'd been suffering from itching, burning and scratching made it worse on my mons pubis. I was in pain. (No sores, just a skin laceration and raised red area.) The doc prescribed Valtrex and I took a 2 pills a day dose for 3 days. Nothing really changed. I was impatient to see results. 2 weeks later, the itching is subsiding. I've taken 1 Valtrex this week. It made me dizzy and spaced out and feeling nauseous and sleepy. | I've used honey, oatmeal, lemon, hydrocortisone, hot, cold packs, Solarcaine spray, rubbing alcohol, Absorbine Jr., Anbesol, Oragel, and finally---Benadryl Extra Strength Gel for the itching. I cooked oatmeal and made a pack that I placed a sterile gauze square on to stick and I wore that all night on my vagina. It helped some. Solarcaine burns like crazy, but it temporarily relieves itching. After using it for days, I was sore and the itch came back. Hydrocortisone did not work at all. Honey & lemon didn't work. Oragel in the white tube works great for cuts and bumps on the corners of your lips on your mouth. I recommend it. Oragel in the bottle does not work-neither does Anbesol. My #1 itch reliever is Benadryl Extra Strength Gel. It relieves the itching so you won't scratch and dig. The burning and pain is still there, but it slowly subsides when you stop scratching the itch so much. Hope this helps someone. | M | 48 | 4 days | 6/7/2008 | 2 | Genital Herpes | Exhaustion, bloating, dry skin, general feeling of malaise, diarrhea, and after 3 weeks, still the stinging tingling symptom of herpes outbreak, though blister is gone. Not happy. It has helped me before, but this time, it is not. I went from a short dose, did not work, went to a 500 2x a day, did not work, went to 1000 2x a day, and I feel horrible. | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 6/3/2008 | 5 | HSV 2 | When I first started taking 5 years ago, my stomach felt like it was having hunger pains for 2 months everyday. I stuck with it. Went away. I may have some slight hair loss and more floaters regarding my vision, but MINOR when I think of going without the med. I can drink alcohol no problem. May increase fatigue but could be another explanation. | Is expensive, so went through Canada to acquire. Now have coverage. Would pay anything for it. My OB were BI WEEKLY for the first 9 months. Suppressive therapy is my only option. Stress would have me in OB every other week. I also worry about long term use, but tests show I am alright. I take 500 mg daily. I never have blisters anymore, but may OB internally presenting as "yeast." Cannot discern which it is. | F | 44 | 5 years | 5/30/2008 |