barraa007My mother's ophthalmologist put her on Valtrex indefinitely to suppress a possible shingles outbreak. She had a severe one 7 yrs ago that caused near blindness in one eye. She has had a cornea transplant 6 months ago and the doc says another shingles outbreak in the eye could cause her to lose the cornea. Valtrex forever? That worries me.
Herpes Zoster - Can valacyclovir be used to suppress VZV outbreaks indefinitely?
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- 6 Oct 2009 by barraa007
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- valtrex, herpes zoster, valacyclovir
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suzanne6618 Oct 2009
Has your doctor mentioned the herpes zoster vaccine? Valacyclovir is used to suppress recurrent herpes infections.
See: http://www.drugs.com/cdi/zoster-vaccine-live.html
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