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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Pop up. Valacyclovir is most effective when taken within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. It’s unclear how effective valacyclovir will be if you take it 72 hours after symptoms start.If you’ve had genital herpes before, you need to move even faster — it’s unclear whether valacyclovir will work if you start taking it 24 hours after symptoms begin for recurrent outbreaks. But we know that taking Valtrex after a cold sore appears means treatment will often take longer.The lesson here? Start treatment as soon as you notice symptoms. No time to mess around.Clinical trials done on people with genital herpes for the first time found that when people took a 10-day treatment of valacyclovir within 72 hours of symptoms:The median time for the pain to stop was five days.The median time for lesions to heal was nine days.For people with recurrent genital herpes who started treatment within 24 hours, research shows:The median time for the pain to stop is three days.The median time for lesions to heal is four days.One study found that a three-day valacyclovir treatment helped lesions from recurrent genital herpes heal in about four days. The study also looked at a one-day treatment of famciclovir, which had similar results.You can learn about other antiviral medications in our guide to valacyclovir versus acyclovir versus famciclovir.HSV-1 can be passed on in your saliva, so you may infect someone if they drink from your water bottle or if you kiss, for example. It’s unclear whether valacyclovir can prevent cold sores from being passed on.Genital herpes can be passed on by having sex or by touching a lesion.Valtrex can lower the transmission rate of genital herpes. It’s not clear when exactly valacyclovir kicks in to prevent transmission, but it doesn’t take long.In the clinical trials on people with genital
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