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By Seven07

| Mar 17, 2010

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Antiviral meds - is one better than the next at supression

There are 3 antiviral meds for herpes:
acyclovir (generic) also known as Zovirax
Valtrex (valacyclovir)
famciclovir (generic) also known as Famvir

Any informed opinions. I know acyclovir is the oldest and I saw some impressive statistics on it's suppression abilities. Obviously the two generic drugs will be much less expensive than Valtrex.

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gracefromHHP

Mar 17, 2010

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/8280?personal_page_id=2773

gracefromHHP

Mar 17, 2010

also fyi valtrex is also generic now too.

grace

Seven07

Mar 17, 2010

Very nice Grace! Your the best.

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