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Regarding Herpes while on Valtrex

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bxo
bxo

Can you still pass on Herpes while taking antiviral Valtrex? Also can you still pass the virus while on Valtrex with no out break? What are the percentages of the person catching herpes while on Valtrex?

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  • Sadpanda75
    Sadpanda75 bxo

    Posted

    Yes unfortunately you can still pass on the virus while taking valtrex even without having an outbreak. Valtrex doesn't do anything to control the virus all it does is help lower the frequency and severity of outbreaks.

  • FelizCastus
    FelizCastus bxo

    Posted

    Yes, if you have a breakthrough outbreak or shedding, but this should be greatly reduced if you are on the correct dosage. If my memory serves me correctly, the transmission risk is about 5% per year for a hetero man, or 2% per year for a hetero woman. Note that this is per year, not per sex act.
    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      I'm taking 500 mg of valtrex, and only had my first initial outbreak. I really like this guy that I have been talking to and he actually asked if I was clean before we had sex. I'm just so embarressed to tell him because I'm afraid he will never want to talk to me. I need advice. I wish there was a way to get rid of it completely.

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus bxo

      Posted

      Do you have Type 1 or 2? Makes a huge difference. Also, how did you answer him? Curious! Yeah, I'm sure we all wish it would go away completely and forever. Sucks.

    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      I'm not even sure my obgyn never told me, she just said the result came back positive. I just said "yeah" because I didn't want to tell him. He had been using condoms but it broke... and that's when he asked me. I heard if it is genital then it is hsv2. But idk I know u can get it if someone has a cold sore in there mouth it can transmitted to the genitals. Uhm I know exactly who I got it from and if I can remember I think he did show me a sore on the inside of his lip. And then told me it hurt. So I'm wondering if it from that since he performed oral....

    • bxo
      bxo

      Posted

      Can you do an at home test that will tell you if it is hsv 1 or 2 or does it have to be sent to a lab?
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus bxo

      Posted

      Needs to be sent to a lab. It is worth calling your clinic to ask about the type. If they're any good, they would have used a type-specific test, so maybe they just didn't tell you. Sounds like you could well have genital Type 1, and yes you can get that down below, and no the location does not make it Type 2. Two related but separate viruses, the number being simply part of the name. Type 1 is much better and safer to have genitally, so it is worth confirming.

    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      Thank you a lot for the information. I want to call and ask but I don't know how to word it because I don't want to sound stupid ...

    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      Also how is type 1 safer to have genitally . Does it not transmit as much as type 2???
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus bxo

      Posted

      Just say that in [month, year] you were diagnosed with genital herpes by [swab?], but not told the HSV type. Since you have learnt that the type is quite useful and important to know, you would like to find out if the swab was type-specific, and if so, can they confirm whether you have genital HSV-1 or HSV-2.
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus

      Posted

      Read the info I posted to this thread. Type 1 is less infectious than Type 2 when it is genital.
    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      I also heard that if you were recently just diagnosed u are more contagious. And you have more of a chance of passing it. I got it in July of this year
    • bxo
      bxo

      Posted

      Infected ** not diagnosed
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus bxo

      Posted

      Oops, I meant read the info in my thread pinned to the top of the genital herpes forum.

      Yes, new infections are more contagious, especially before full antibody production (3-4 months) and the first year generally. That is particularly true of gHSV-2.

    • bxo
      bxo FelizCastus

      Posted

      Hey so I'm pretty sure it is HSV 1 because I got pink eye during my first break out in both of my eyes.

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