Does Valtrex work this fast?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Mar 2018
Summary
Only three days into Valtrex 500mg twice daily, reports "I noticed some improvements": neck spasms "milder," neck lymph channels "congested less," and air hunger "less severe and less frequent." Explicitly early and hedged - the thread title itself questions whether Valtrex can plausibly work this fast - with no data yet on whether the change holds.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Diet, Valtrex / valacyclovir.
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