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Friday, June 05, 2009 needanswers007 asks

Q: What is Valtrex prescribed for?

I found a prescription bottle hidden in the garage.  It's my husbands and its Valtrex.  Is there any other reason he'd be prescribed that other than for the obvious?  He claims its for vasticulitis???  I searched that on line and dont think there is even such a thing.Help!

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6/ 6/09 1:38am

I would tell him ya ya ya sure its for vasticulitis. U need to take a blood test for all std tests to see if he has anything else to. Aparantly he cheated or had it before u got married. Its also possible u had it before u got married & passed it onto him but mabye u dont know u have it. Its hard to say. But with him lying about the valtrex that dont look good on him either. If u have any questions give me a hollar.

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6/ 7/09 1:07am

its either for a sudden  herpes outbreak or sumtimes they use it for chicken poxs i would think you would know if he had chicken poxs

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11/18/09 12:14am

Apparntly it is also prescribed for Shingles, also known as Herpes Zoster, which occurs when the Chickenpox virus becomes active again in someone who has previously had it.

http://www.rxlist.com/valtrex-drug.htm

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/shingles-topic-overview

 

Vasculitis is a broad term that encompasses many disorders that cause inflamation of the blood vessels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasculitis

 

To what extent Shignles is associated with vasculitis, and whether or not his story holds up I cannot say.  I did find one article that reports a connection between Shignels and cerebral vasculitis.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448273/?tool=pubmed

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