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I will let you know what I truly think about taking Acyclovir. I had read not too long ago on your web page that you had no recent response from other’s taken this medication.

I’ll let you know, I’m all new to this and I am in no way a doctor, but I am going to medical school right now. Hopefully I will learn more as I go. I will keep other’s updated.

Everybody has their own kinds of remedies for herpes. If it works, more power to you.

This is my story so here goes

I am covered right now by some very good insurance, so I’m very lucky in that department than most. God was looking over me at the time. You see, I had to go in for major surgery weeks back and my immune system at the time was shutting down. My husband had enrolled in time when it all started crashing in for me. “The news of my life” I had found out that I had contracted the herpes virus this year of 2009.

In my case and only talking from “MY” experience, my first outbreak was not that bad and I only one blister out of it. I still was not clearly, out of it yet. I was still recovering from the mental aspect of it. Who, why, where??

My doctor had told me since my first outbreak was not that bad, she really thought I really didn’t need to spend the money to be on suppressive medication everyday like most. I’m not a big pill fan before all of this, but I wanted to deal with it my own way. So I got on Acyclovir.

It kinda made me feel that I was in control of my own body and it had helped me mentally for my own reason’s. Like being responsible in controlling of my new husband’s well-being. So I thought, who knows? Hey it’s making me feel better taking it. To this day, he is still herpes free.

The doctor had told me it was a good choice to use that everyday over Valtrex. Acyclovir has been around for a very long time and people that had taken it for whatever reasons over twenty-something years had really no side effect’s from it. No liver damage!! That’s good enough for me.

Trials are still underway with Valtrex and little is known what it can do after a couple of years of taking it, but I’m sure we are still safe. We will know more in time. I’m not in any means saying that this is better than Valtrex. My first outbreak, I had Valtrex for my first blister and it did go away very fast. But that’s me! I’m just saying with cost and taking it every day, I would go with Acyclovir when you first start out.

If you have little or no outbreaks you might think it doesn’t work as fast as Valtrex to get into your system or does it? Hmmm… I think that is up to the person and with what kind of immune system they have at the end… Is all about how our bodies can fight it I say, eat well with the medication for starter’s. It’s up to you rather you want to take suppress medication or not. For me, this is what’s working for me to take control mentally.

Later in time I will stop it and see how my body can handle everyday situation’s…at least it doesn’t hurt taking it when you need to. It’s there and that’s why it’s there.

Good Luck,
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