I had a rash a few years ago called pityriasis rosea. It burns and itches at the same time and it lasts for 3 monthes! Ooh joy. Its a viral bug and I ended up asking a friend that had herpes if I could try one of their valtrex ( aciclovir ) pills. Sure enough it really improved the rash and best of all improved the burning itching feeling!
So I went to the doctor and got a script for aciclovir. I used it minimally because I knew the sooner my system beat this rash the sooner it was out for good.
Since then I have found that aciclovir can really lesson the effects of the common cold or flu. When I have felt a flu or cold coming on I simply pop a half a pill. It delays the full onset of symtoms by about 2 days. In those two days my immune system is learning the virus. Thus what happens is the cold never gets really bad. Since my system already "knows" the virus before it reproduces alot it never has a chance to get out of hand and cause alot of discomfort.
Turns out Aciclovir is a broad spectrum antiviral in the same sense that penicillin is a broad spectrum antibiotic. It is one of the 3 antiviral drugs used in the 3 drug cocktail used against aids so thus one could have deduced this property.
I have noticed the commercials on television for valtrex they suggest that if a person with herpes takes valtrex they can lower the odds of their sex partner without herpes from catching it. The part that I find strange is that they do recommend that the person without herpes take valtrex. I think its probably a good idea. Maybe they are not allowed to say it. Maybe they do not want to be seen recommending people take a prescription drug whilst currently not having herpes. It seems dumb though. If I dated a girl with herpes I would be taking valtrex to avoid infection.
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