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Genital herpes
I'm suffering from genital herpes infection from last 2 years. As I was facing recurrent herpes outbreak I started taking Acyclovir 400 mg twice a day from December 2022 and stopped in mid of May 2023. Next week after stopping taking antiviral, herpes outbreak again appeared. How long I should take antiviral? Kindly help.
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For recurrent herpes genitalis need long term tretament. Either episodic treatment or continuos suppresive therapy which you had taken for almost 6 months.
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If complience is the issue then you can opt for other antivirals with lesser frequency and great effects. For more information you need to consult a dermatoligist who can guide you more options which can be customised according to your lifestyle.
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