When do you give Valtrex 3x per day?

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Hi,

Sorry it's me again with my dosing questions...

When do you give Valtrex 3x per day?

- with meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)?

- or do you dose every 6 hrs during the day? something like 8 am, 2

pm, 8 pm?

- or do you dose every 8 hrs? something like 8 am, 4 pm, 12 am (night

dose for my little one who sleeps 12 hrs at night)?

Does it matter to take it with food? It says " VALTREX Caplets may be

given without regard to meals. " , but my pharmacist recommended to

take it with food.

People seems to dose twice or three times a day. The half life of

acyclovir is about 3 hrs. So why don't we dose more than 3 times a

day? Sorry I am at a loss here.

Thanks,