is it unlikely to pass herpes with valtrex as daily suppressive therapy?

did any of you get hsv despite ur partner taking valtrex daily?

how effective is the use of valtrex?

Suppressive therapy, avoiding sexual relations during prodome or during an outbreak reduces transmission risk to between 1 and 2% to a male.

I was wondering about Valtrex too ... anyone know if there are any long term side effects?

Hey Strawberrygirl & cindy29 ... Any of the medications you take as daily suppressive therapy — acyclovir, valtrex, famcyclovir — will bring transmission rates by 50% less than if you didn't take them. Read the handouts and the blog post below for more info on all this. :)

http://bit.ly/h-opp-diagnosis-handout

http://bit.ly/h-opp-disclosure-handout

http://herpeslife.com/herpes-medication/

As far as long-term side effects? None that I have heard about. But I would only take it either if your outbreaks show up often enough to make it worth it to suppress them or if you're trying to protect your partner. If you're single and not having sex and your outbreaks are manageable, no need to take suppressive therapy as far as I'm concerned. Just like any medication, it's going to be processed through the kidneys/liver, so no need to tax those beautiful organs if it's not necessary. :)

Adrial I feel the same way. If I'm single and not having outbreaks I don't take the therapy. Now that I'm starting a new relationship I'll be back on it, mostly for his safety. Any cut in the risk is worth it to me!

I've never noticed any side effects before either.

Acyclovir has been around about 25-30 years and to my knowledge has no major side effects ... at least, not enough to make any kind of news... and with the interwebs, *something* would have come up by now....

The major and more common side effect of Valtrex is headache, but every patient is different and you won't necessarily experience it.

I am pretty sure there is still a percentage of passing Herpes on aciclovyr or other suppressants.

victoriaxxx,

Yep, the %s of passing herpes with daily suppressive therapy is the %s we know well via our handout. :)

http://bit.ly/h-opp-disclosure-handout

With just suppressive therapy (no condoms) = 2% chance of transmitting to men, 5% chance of transmitting to women

With suppressive therapy AND condoms = 1% chance of transmitting to men, 2.5% chance of transmitting to women

Yup Yup. I read that.. Just kind of forgot.. It's there in the back of my head.