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Consultation with a physician or other healthcare provider is an important step in getting treatment for herpes. One of the treatment options your physician may choose is Valtrex (Valacyclovir) because it disrupts the process by which the herpes virus reproduces itself and spreads to other cells in the body. This helps to keep the virus inactive, or "sleeping". Valtrex is an antiviral and is used for suppressive therapy.

In their lifetimes, most human beings will be exposed to a herpes virus. This family of viruses (Herpesviridae) has been implicated in a wide range of diseases and conditions, including chickenpox, oral or facial herpes, genital herpes, mononucleosis, and corneal blindness. Consultation with a physician or other healthcare provider is an important step in getting treatment for herpes. To manage herpes, physicians try to reduce the number and severity of outbreaks.