New research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that the single-day genital herpes drug Famvir is as effective as the three-day herpes drug Valtrex. Investigators recruited 1179 adults with recurrent genital herpes and gave them either Famvir or Valtrex within six hours of a recurrence. The researchers found that about one third of patients in each group experienced a halt in their herpes episode, suggesting that both Famvir and Valtrex had a similar effect on the...