cold sores
"I had a long, scary episode of oral herpes recently, likely caused by oral sex with someone with HSV2 rather than HSV1. I began taking up to 4 500gm Valtrex a day from the moment I felt tingling across my lower lip and continued for quite a long time (never feeling side effects). After 3 weeks of tingling, a couple of cold sore bumps began to appear. This was the peak and they never looked like crusting over, instead looking like how some classic outbreaks might look after just a few hours. When it felt like the virus was dormant I reduced to 1 a day & using topical Ibuprofen; it took another 3-4 weeks for the inflammation/bumps to totally clear. I think the Valtrex dramatically slowed & prevented what could have been a horrific outbreak."