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jen - 15 Dec 2003 22:08 GMT

Hello, has anyone been on the suppresive therepy for a long time?
i just read on another post that your hair starts to break and fall
out if you take Valtrax for to long.. Is this true?

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r. - 16 Dec 2003 03:56 GMT

I have waist length, thick curly hair. I have been on Valtrex for
going on 8 months. No problems yet.

However, if you read something that makes you go HMMMMM, post the
website or post address as well, so we can have a squizz at it and see
how valid the information that is on the site....=)

Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad information on the net....and a
lot of GOOD information too. It just takes time to figure it out....

=)
r.

>Hello, has anyone been on the suppresive therepy for a long time?
> i just read on another post that your hair starts to break and fall
>out if you take Valtrax for to long.. Is this true?

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jen - 16 Dec 2003 15:43 GMT

Thanks,
yeah my hair is almost to my butt, i would be very very upset if that
were the case...

> I have waist length, thick curly hair. I have been on Valtrex for
> going on 8 months. No problems yet.
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> > i just read on another post that your hair starts to break and fall
> >out if you take Valtrax for to long.. Is this true?

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M.L.S. - 16 Dec 2003 14:41 GMT

>Hello, has anyone been on the suppresive therepy for a long time?
> i just read on another post that your hair starts to break and fall
>out if you take Valtrax for to long.. Is this true?

There is some anecdotal evidence of a coarsening of the hair in long
term or heavy Acyclovir use, and hair loss is listed on some sites as
a rare side effect, but from what I've read neither happen all at
once, and can be reversed by taking a break from the drug.

Here's a link to the a.s.h. "hair loss" archives. ;-)

http://babyurl.com/JBxlw3

Take care,

Mike

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