Valacyclovir for CMV Prophylaxis User Reviews
Brand names: Valtrex
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- August 4, 2011
"I am currently on 4 mg of Medrol daily for approximately 1 year and a half for what doctors thought was inflammatory arthritis. Wrong. I contracted chickenpox at the age of 50. Yes, I never had chickenpox as a child. Advice, if you are one of the unlucky few that did not have chickenpox as a child: run to your doctor and demand the vaccine. I contracted chickenpox while on cortisone - not good. I ended up in the hospital with a crashed thyroid, mild adrenal crisis, and most likely cytomegalovirus infection."
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"I am immune-compromised from ME/CFS for 17 years. This drug, at a dose of 1500 mg/day, restored my cognitive clarity to 100%. At only 1000 mg/day, my cognitive clarity fell off substantially...a 20-point IQ drop, perhaps. When my MD took away my Valtrex one time because she thought my kidneys were at risk after I had white cells in a urine test, I became pseudo-demented and had to use a three-wheeled walker without Valtrex! I also have vestibular migraine that is treated with 350 mg/day of Topamax, and it gets worse without the Valtrex. As soon as I went back on the Valtrex, I perked up immediately and didn't need the walker."