Valtrex (valacyclovir hydrochloride) is a prescription antiviral drug that can shorten the duration of cold sores, genital herpes, and shingles. It may cause mild side effects in some people. Valtrex ...

Cold sores are painful and oozing, and they always seem to appear before that wedding or class reunion. Also called fever blisters, the small, fluid-filled lesions typically form near or on your lips ...

Valacyclovir is a prescription drug available in oral tablet form. It is the generic version of the brand-name drug Valtrex. Doctors prescribe valacyclovir to treat infections caused by the herpes ...

Q: I know Valtrex is prescribed to treat genital herpes. If someone is exposed to a partner with herpes, will taking Valtrex right away destroy any of the virus that may have been acquired before it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recurrent outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2), or "genital herpes," can be effectively treated with a one-day course of valacyclovir (sold under the trade name ...

May 25, 2010 -- Sandoz today announced the introduction in the US of valacyclovir hydrochloride (HCl) tablets, a generic equivalent of Valtrex. Valacyclovir HCl tablets are indicated for treatment of ...

May 19, 2004 (Boston) — Valacyclovir is equally as effective as ganciclovir in preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) in renal transplantation, and it may be more cost-effective as well, researchers ...