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Herpes Viruses Medications

TheMoonIsBlue

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Are there any other options for treating herpes viruses other than the drugs that are all chemically similar- Acyclovir, famciclovir, valacyclovir and Valganciclovir. All the the "-ovir" drugs I took either caused ADR or it could have been a matter of dosing. But even 1gram of Valtrex I took for a cold sore outbreak made me violently ill and give terrible kidney pain despite drinking copious amounts of water and taking with food. Years ago I was on the full high dose Valtrex treatment for EBV @ 4 grams a day.

Famvir gave me horrible muscle pains. I took Valcyte in the past as well.

I am wondering if there is something about all of these "-ovir" drugs which I my body doesn't like.

Anything else effective against EBV/HHV-6a?
 

Sushi

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Are there any other options for treating herpes viruses other than the drugs that are all chemically similar- Acyclovir, famciclovir, valacyclovir and Valganciclovir.

Anything else effective against EBV/HHV-6a?

Hi Moon,

Another option is Nexavir which is supposed to be effective against HHV6, EBV & CMV. Trouble is it is wickedly expensive. I am about to start it though as it works synergistically with GcMAF.

Sushi
 

TheMoonIsBlue

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Thanks Sushi. I have read about Nexavir but I would probably have to travel to a specialist to get a script. I think Enlander uses it.

Best of luck with GcMAF and Nexavir!
 

soxfan

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Shushi- please let me know how you are doing on the Nexavir.. the injections were too painful for me. Not the injection itself but the medication. I was sore for 3 days after it..thanks
 

ukxmrv

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Have you tried L-Lysine? I've had some limited success with this but luckily can tolerate the 'virs.
 

Sushi

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Shushi- please let me know how you are doing on the Nexavir.. the injections were too painful for me. Not the injection itself but the medication. I was sore for 3 days after it..thanks

Hi soxfan,

Sorry to hear that. How were you giving the injections--subcut, IM? And where? I was given a "map" of the body showing where to give them and also a demo by the nurse as to how to give them the least painfully.

Also, I remember hearing that the lab making it has tweaked it a bit to counter the irritation/pain some were experiencing. I am still trying to get mine. I have to get the script rewritten for the US, then jump through some hoops in hopes of getting insurance coverage.

Sushi
 

girlinthesnow

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Hi soxfan, it might have been the preservative phenols in the Nexavir that made you sore. I had this problem too so reduced the injection to a quarter dose and I'm coping ok with it. Still have a little redness around the injection site but it fades in a few hours unlike the large weal that developed with a 2 ml dose. According to KDM my body should adapt to the phenols and then I can gradually increase the dose.

It is much cheaper at this dose though!
 

soxfan

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Hi- I do believe you are right about it being something in the Nexavir that made it painful. The injection was not painful at all..my husband gives them to me in the rear. I had Bicillin injections 3 years ago and those needles were 2 inch long and I was never sore afterwards. It started to hurt when he was injecting the medication in. He only injected 1ml instead of the 2ml because I am so sensative to medications.
I have decided to try the gel form instead and see how that goes. My husband is going to compound it for me and I will start next week when we get all the supplies.

I can take pain but after that injection I was sore for days. Plus I am thin so the only place on my body really to give the shot is in my butt where I have the most muscle.
Please keep me posted on how you do with this because I have only found postings that are a few years old on another sight. I will let you know how the gel works out. I was told by Dr. K he doesn't feel it is as effective but I am going to try anyway.
Thanks for responding!
 

girlinthesnow

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Hi again! I did hear some (anecdotal) good news; the manufacturers of Nexavir are changing the formulation gin the next few months so that it won't contain phenols. I hope this is true.
 
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I've been told that the ovir drugs are harsh and toxic and to avoid them at all costs. My advice to you is to find a Chinatown near you and start getting acupunture treatments. They will help you much more than the drugs. I have to get the treatments every three weeks and if I don't all of the horrible symptoms return.