Reviewer: Cheryl, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I has pain on right side of head for 2 days. I thought I pulled a muscle. On 3rd day, I had burning and rash start on the right side of head, neck and ear. Went to Urgent Care and was told I had Shingles. I was prescribed Valacyclovir. 3 tablets every 8 hours for 7 days. On 5th day I had ringing in my right ear and right eye felt irritated. Went back to Urgent Care on 6th day and prescribed predni ... Show Full Comment

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I has pain on right side of head for 2 days. I thought I pulled a muscle. On 3rd day, I had burning and rash start on the right side of head, neck and ear. Went to Urgent Care and was told I had Shingles. I was prescribed Valacyclovir. 3 tablets every 8 hours for 7 days. On 5th day I had ringing in my right ear and right eye felt irritated. Went back to Urgent Care on 6th day and prescribed prednisone 600mg for 5 days. It has been a week since diagnosed and I still have some burning/tingling sensation on head, neck and ear. Still ringing in ear and noises sound garbled, The past 2 days I have felt very fatigued. Iâ??m hoping after meds wear off that feeling will go away. Definitely getting the vaccine as soon as I can.
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Reviewer: TaLisa34, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I'm not sure how long I have been infected but I have been taking the medication for five days and the pain in my breast has stopped. I never had a break out of blisters, I had a rash that looked like a heat rash on the left side of my body and my back itched uncontrollably around the fourth of July around the end of August I started with the burning sensation in my breast so I saw a different ... Show Full Comment

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I'm not sure how long I have been infected but I have been taking the medication for five days and the pain in my breast has stopped. I never had a break out of blisters, I had a rash that looked like a heat rash on the left side of my body and my back itched uncontrollably around the fourth of July around the end of August I started with the burning sensation in my breast so I saw a different Dr and was diagnosed with shingles. The Dr doesn't know how long I have been infected but my antibodies (IGG) say that I am not contagious. The pills are a little hard to swallow the only side effect I have experienced is some stomach pain and sleepiness. I think tge stomach pain is present when I haven't had enough to drink. I have five more days remaining on the medication I will make updates if I experience any new symptoms.I also don't know if I will have to continue to take the medication once I'm done with this treatment
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Reviewer: babs, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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shingles started taking the drug on day 2, within 5 days cleared no problems, worked great

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shingles started taking the drug on day 2, within 5 days cleared no problems, worked great
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Reviewer: Peter, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Started taking 72 hours after feeling pains in chest and back, which is when i visited the doc who diagnosed me (I hadn't noticed the extensive rash on my back). 11 days of taking drug religiously and last night was worst yet in terms of pain. Rash appears to be scabbing over. Symptoms are barely noticeable when doing stuff in the day (the more energetic the better) but doing nothing brings on ... Show Full Comment

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Started taking 72 hours after feeling pains in chest and back, which is when i visited the doc who diagnosed me (I hadn't noticed the extensive rash on my back). 11 days of taking drug religiously and last night was worst yet in terms of pain. Rash appears to be scabbing over. Symptoms are barely noticeable when doing stuff in the day (the more energetic the better) but doing nothing brings on world of pain. The best I can say is I've had no side effects, but does this drug actually work?
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Reviewer: Cathie, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I began taking the medication about 55 hours after rash appeared. The rash continued to spread but not as much as I expected. Also the soreness of blisters and body aches were tolerable. I feel that the medication minimised the outbreak. I am on day 7 and still experiencing soreness and aches. Ibruprofen in conjunction with this medication and I feel good

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I began taking the medication about 55 hours after rash appeared. The rash continued to spread but not as much as I expected. Also the soreness of blisters and body aches were tolerable. I feel that the medication minimised the outbreak. I am on day 7 and still experiencing soreness and aches. Ibruprofen in conjunction with this medication and I feel good
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