Posted by Renee (Australia ) on 12/09/2022
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Valtrex REALLY helped me as a sufferer of 27 years!!! Thank you 🙏
Posted by Amy (Florida) on 09/05/2015
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I suffered with Prurigo Nodularis for 5 months. I was given steroids, shots, antibiotics. I found a forum in the UK that said to try Valtrex. I had sores all over my body. The first wk on Valtrex I saw fast healing, by 2 wks my face , back, chest, arms were clear. 4th wk legs almost clear the last thing to clear were my feet and they were awful looking. I suffered for so long and I have scars everywhere if only I took Valtrex first! I just want to spread the word! I took 2 500 mg a day for 4 wks. I hope I can help someone else.
Posted by Anelissa (Brisbane, Australia) on 09/19/2014
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Hi, I have completed 2 packs x 30 tablets,
2 x 500mg per day, and after 1 month of use, my NP has reduced by at least 60percent on upper body, and by 70percent on scalp. Continuing the script for another 14 days. Looking very promising. Cheers, Anelissa
Posted by Barb G (Naples, Fl) on 06/17/2014
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My PN started with 31 squamous cell cancers over a period of 3 years. Got rid of those with surgeries, radiation and scrape and burn. It stopped for a year after I took Soriatane for 4 months...had to stop that med because my hair started falling out. But no more cancers for a year. The next 7 biopsies came back as PN. I tried a lot of remedies I found in this forum. Got depressed and went to a psychiatrist who gave me amytriptoline and klonopin for the itching and depression. The next visit he said he researched PN and prescribed Valtrex as most of the PN was on major nerve lines and thought this might be a virus related to shingles. First 1000mg then 2000mgs per day the next month. Eureka! No new PNs and all the rest of the 39 I had are shrinking, drying out and turn white and peel off. Most are gone but the larger ones are white and peeling off.
I truly think this is viral. That's probably why tea tree oil helped some people.
As background...I also had MRSA from one of the squamous surgeries...and pseudemonas Aer...something after a MOHs surgery with a skin graft. One Doc gave me doxycycline IVs and I think Vancomycin for one of the infections. I noted several people online had MRSA and had one or two of these drugs. Maybe they set you up for PN...?
Another thing that helped was a chemo liquid for skin cancer called 5 FU...it only kills abnormal skin cells and helped stop the itching of PN and dried out the sores.
I recently had a painful reaction to the 5 FU on a fast growing bump. I had it biopsied and it was squamous cell cancer. This happened before I took the anti viral meds. A new dermatologist is going to try acutane next month for the prevention of any new cancers. I hope this helps someone.
