Valtrex 500 mg tablet is a once-daily drug created by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline for Herpes infection. The drug has passed the US FDA standard as the only medication that can be taken conveniently once a day to reduce transmission of the virus to other non-infected persons during sexual intercourse.
Bentyl (dicyclomine) is a type of drug known as an anticholinergic. It is also an antispasmodic that prevents spasms in the muscles of the gut and bladder by causing those muscles to relax. This drug also reduces the amount of acid produced in the stomach. Bentyl comes in the forms of a capsule, tablet, and oral liquid.
I recently had my first full blown gallbladder attack and the er doc gave me some milky looking stuff to swallow and a shot of bentyl. It did absolutely nothing. After thrashing around in serious pain for hours the doc finally agreed to let me take some of my medicine that was prescribed to me for chronic pain and anxiety. After taking a 60mg oxycontin; a30mg oxycodone and a 1mg ativan the pain finally got bearable.