Valcyte: how long have you been/were you on it?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Dec 2011
Summary
Took Valcyte (valganciclovir) for 22 months, adding Valtrex (valacyclovir) for about the last 4 months of that period, for a herpesvirus-driven illness. No illness severity or duration before treatment is given on this page, but as of the post they describe having made "a lot of improvement" on the regimen while acknowledging they "still have a long way to go." They call Valcyte the only thing that has worked for them, implying the gains have held rather than faded, though the page does not say whether treatment was ongoing or had been stopped by the time of posting.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Valcyte / valganciclovir, Valtrex / valacyclovir.
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