Feb. 23, 2005 (New Orleans) — One day of high-dose oral valacyclovir treatment significantly decreases the duration of virus shedding that occurs with recurrent herpes labialis and may reduce the ...

Valacyclovir is a prescription drug available in oral tablet form. It is the generic version of the brand-name drug Valtrex. Doctors prescribe valacyclovir to treat infections caused by the herpes ...

Given the information available to date, it seems appropriate to consider valacyclovir as an alternative to acyclovir but given the inherent difficulties of comparing trials, particularly those that ...

Oral acyclovir has been demonstrated to prevent reactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections when administered prophylactically to autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients or ...

HealthDay News — Patients with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) taking high doses of antiviral therapy to control the disease continue to experience short episodes of subclinical shedding or ...

An international team of researchers finds that taking a single daily dose of an approved antiviral drug known as valacyclovir can reduce the transmission of genital herpes to uninfected partners by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Valacyclovir can be beneficial for treating multiple episodes of keratitis or iritis in patients with ...

The overall incidence of PHN at 6 months was 9.8%, comparing favorably with historic controls for patients with zoster treated with antivirals alone (30%-40% incidence [8]); Gabapentin was well ...