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Q&A: Can Valtrex be used as a "day after" drug?

(The Seattle Times) UPDATED 2008-09-15

A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy if the herpes drug Valtrex can be used to prevent the infection if a person has contact with someone who has genital herpes. The reader wonders if exposure to the drug immediately after the contact will destroy the virus before it has a chance to take hold and become dormant. The Graedons respond with information about the use of Valtrex as a preventative herpes treatment that they received from the drug's maker, GlaxoSmithKline. Read full story >

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