Price of Valtrex and Alternative Choices

According to several pharmacies, the average cost of Valtrex without insurance is:

Valtrex 500 mg Tablets – 30 tablets – $235.00

Valtrex 1 gram Tablets – 30 tablets – $366.00

Alternatives to using Valtrex are:

Acyclovir 400 mg Tablets – 60 tablets – $29.00

Acyclovir 800 mg Tablets – 90 tablets – $55.97

However, at Walmart – you can get Acylovir 200 mg tablets at $4 for 30 days or $10 for 90 days.

Talk to your doctor about utilizing the low cost medications instead.

You might also find an alternative treatment for herpes such as Dynamiclear or H-Away work well too.

Herpes Medications – Your Options

If you have been diagnosed with, or suspect you may be having a genital herpes outbreak or infection you are likely anxious to find effective forms of treatment are available to you.

First you should know there is no cure for the virus, but there are several effective herpes medications to help manage the outbreaks and relieve the symptoms. Although genital herpes will eventually clear up without treatment, it is much better to start taking a medication which can be used to help reduce both the symptoms and the duration of the infection.

Herpes Treatments?

Several decades ago, treatment options for herpes included the direct application of deoxyglucose or the actual removal of infected areas by surgery. It was soon found that the former option was ineffective while the latter course often resulted in the spread of the herpes along the scar which was left after the surgery. This is not surprising considering how infectious the herpes virus is. Herpes is a virus that infects the nervous system and the infection is permanent. Most people suffering from herpes can expect a recurrence about four times per year. One of the big problems is that infected people can keep on re-infecting themselves either on the skin area itself or from nerve cell to nerve cell and this is why it is so important to take medication to treat the symptoms of the herpes.

If you are searching for a natural and safe herpes treatment, try H-Away and H-Prevention – two proven and very effective formulas for preventing herpes outbreaks and eliminating herpes sores and blisters including those pesky cold sores that are so common.

Less than 20-years ago anti-viral medications (Valtrex, Acyclovir, Famvir) for oral use first came on the market and studies indicated that these were safe and effective. Since then it has been found that this medication, if taken on a daily basis can reduce recurrence frequency from approximately four times per annum to about once a year. Also when the recurrence does occur, the symptoms are milder and of shorter duration.

Modern Treatments that Work!

In the last few years, a number of non-prescription medications made from essential oils and other natural products have become readily available. These too have all been shown to have anti-viral properties against herpes simplex. If they are taken in a combined format where one product treats the outbreak and actual symptoms of the herpes while the anti-viral meds provide a daily maintenance and preventative treatment, the results have been very successful.

There is ongoing research into new and improved herpes medications. It is important to keep abreast of what these developments may be. Current research is looking for ways to develop a herpes vaccine and this would certainly be a very welcome breakthrough.

Suppressive Therapy – HSV2

Question:

Does a person need to take suppressive therapy if they get very few outbreaks? What can you take to protect the other person if you don’t get outbreaks that much?

Answer:

This is a personal choice that should be discussed between you and your partner.

That said, the only thing proven to reduce asymptomatic shedding is taking antiviral therapy on a daily basis. The cheapest option for this is acyclovir which is available at Walmart on their $4.00 prescription list. Valtrex gets prescribed a lot because you only take it once daily and a lot of people prefer that convenience.

If you decide not to use suppressive therapy and want something over-the-counter to treat the outbreaks when they occur – I highly recommend H-Away or Dynamiclear. Both are topical ointments and I’ve detailed each product here.