Famvir and Valtrex are now approved for long-term therapy
November 1997
Famvir and Valtrex are now approved for long-term therapy...to PREVENT recurrent genital herpes.
Until now, these antivirals were only approved for short-term treatment of genital herpes and shingles.
Interestingly, a HIGHER dose of Famvir is used to prevent recurrences of genital herpes than to treat them.
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