Re: supressive therapy:
1) What is the longest amount of time one can be on supressive therapy? Is
there a limit?
2) I understand that renal problems may occur when using suppressive

How many times do tou take acyclovir, I stop because maybe I will have
problems if I take all the time ?
Sorry for my english , my mother tongue is french.
Thank you

Since reading a New Scientist article almost two years ago -
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1971 - I have been using
aspirin whenever I feel symptoms - either after the blisters come, or
when I get "pre-symptoms" - an hour of profound drowsiness and the

I think Yoshi must be snowed under with being an elf or something for
Santa. Otherwise she would have been here already with more on the
POCKit revival situation.  ANYhooo... the old POCKit is back on the
market with a new name from a different company.  There's a link to it

Should/do couples in which both partners have hsv2 practice safer sex?
~R

Hey all -
Just FYI -
This page lists a bunch of research on Zinc and its effects on viruses,
mostly herpes.

I have noticed that when I have OB's close together that they are not quite
as painful. If I have one after a good while of no prodrome, no OB, or
anything, it seems to hit harder.  Or maybe I just notice it more. I'm not
sure.

not exactly a cure but...
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041012/ukm025_1.html

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From: "M.L.S." <msoja9@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups: alt.support.herpes
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:15 AM

I've found some articles in "Heinerman's encyclopedia" Healing herbs
and spices, regarding gluten intolerance;
it seems that cardamom can solve the problem.
Perl von Molson

I'm currently talking Valtex. Does this cause for urine to be bright
yellow?
~R

I have hsv2. My b/f is negative for all hsv's. Do we need to be concerned
of transmittal when kissing each other (via mouth)? Does it change if I'm
having an OB or not?
Thanks,

I am in day three of HSV2 diagnosis and currently on Valtrex for outbreak.
I am considering to speak to my MD to start supressive therapy right away.
Do doctors tend to wait to see how many (and severe) episodic outbreaks
there are?

It is assumed that, for some strange reason, the viruses
shed asymptomatically at times.
My question is, if can be  possible that
during an asymptomatic shedding, if the body would