No Medications

One important question.

I have had Genital Herpes for approximately 3 years now, because of the embarassment and my financial budget, i have not told anybody or done anything about it.

What risks am i taking now that I am still not taking any meds for the herpes virus?

[gracefromHHP]

no risks at all!  You never have to treat your herpes if you don't want to.  Treating it with antivirals helps to reduce ob's if you take it daily or when you just take it when you have recurrences it helps to speed healing of them.  

Acyclovir is available as a generic. If you are in the US and have a prescription for it, you can treat ob's for $4 and suppressive therapy is under $20/month at walmart and similar stores.

You also can ask your doctor to fill out an application for you with gsk's bridges to access program to get valtrex free or at a reduced cost too if you are having ob's frequently and need to reduce them for comfort's sake or to reduce transmission to a partner.

The herpes handbook at www.westoverheights.com is a terrific resource as well as the patient counseling video on the same site is very helpful too. both are free!

grace