Valacyclovir Hydrochloride
Active Ingredients
- Valacyclovir Hydrochloride
Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
- Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, Llc
- Glaxosmithkline
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Valtrex.
Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Valacyclovir Hydrochloride Side Effects
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Valacyclovir Hydrochloride
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Pain, Paraesthesia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on June 10, 2011 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dry skin
Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on June 5, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“Valtrex (valacyclovir) for Cold Sores: AMAZING. Valtrex 2 grams in the morning (first noticed) within 4 hours, they began drying up already. Took 2 more grams 12 hours from first dosage. Then for next...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Paraesthesia, Somnolence
Posted By goodtimes39 in drugs.com on June 4, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“... (valacyclovir) for Herpes Simplex, Suppression: I took Valtrex once last week for 7 days 3 x day during the outbreak (oral) and wow caught it right in time. I actually felt tingling right before and t...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on June 2, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“My first treatment was Valtrex of 1000mg, twice a day for 10 days. Subsequent outbreaks were treated with 500mg of Valtrex for 5 days. This treatment has worked well. Interesting, I posted this story...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By HerpesFish in fdb.rxlist.com on June 2, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“My first treatment was Valtrex of 1000mg, twice a day for 10 days. Subsequent outbreaks were treated with 500mg of Valtrex for 5 days. This treatment has worked well. Interesting, I posted this story...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on June 2, 2011 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Meningitis
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 23, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: None Absolutely wonderful... I had Viral Meningitis and this keeps the virus at bay! :-)”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Back pain, Abdominal pain, Pain in extremity
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 16, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: First week I had lower abdominal cramping but that could be due to another reason. Love this drug. Have been suffering for years with a few pesky sores that were first diagno...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 12, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: None....ZILCH! I have been taking this drug for 12 years now. I am really surprised to read all these side effects these people have been having. I've never once experienced a...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By The Kaiser in drugs.com on May 4, 2011 @ 12:00 am
“Valtrex (valacyclovir) for Cold Sores: Valtrex works wonders. As a 20 year old college student, exam time usually involves catching a cold and high stress, and the perfect formula for cold sores. Last...”
Additional Drug Information
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* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Valacyclovir Hydrochloride
Somnolence
“Clears everything up in just a couple days but knocks me out for hours.”
Source: Valtrex
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Did the author experience somnolence while taking valtrex?
What is this?Depression
“... which I have to take many times a day. :( It used to work perfectly, but since my health has gone down hill lately it seems to have no effect and my breakouts last a month. I am very sad about this....”
Source: Valtrex
View full report on Valacyclovir Hydrochloride related depression
Did the author experience depression while taking valtrex?
What is this?Acne
“... So now I am on acyclovir which I have to take many times a day. :( It used to work perfectly, but since my health has gone down hill lately it seems to have no effect and my breakouts last a month. ...”
Source: Valtrex
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Did the author experience acne while taking valtrex?
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