New Member and a question (maybe a few)

[Guest guest]

Good morning,

Thank you for letting me join in on your group. I have an 8 year

old son with ASD, whom we've treated for the past 4 years with

various biomedical therapies. We are looking towards a trial of

Valtrex because my son's doctor feels he has elevated viral titers

from his shots and because we have never really addressed any

underlying viral issues yet. I have been reading over the FAQ's and

the files, but haven't found someone close to my son's age yet to

get a comparison dosage. For those of you with a child around the

age of 8, would you mind sharing your starting dosages with me?

Also, I've read about good results with children under the age of 7,

and wondered if any of you would do me the favor of cheering me up

with some good results of Valtrex with older children : )

Lastly, I've noticed that there has been some questions about cost

and insurance coverage. Is it true that you need to have a Dx. of

herpes for an insurance to cover the cost of the Rx? If so, do most

of you just pay out of pocket? Would elevated viral titers be a

sufficiant Dx for insurance coverage?

Thanks in advance for your reply to my numerous questions,

Sheryl

[Guest guest]

my son is 8 1/2 soon to be 9 (april). he is 80 lbs and is on valtrex, 500mg 2x day. his doc wants him to do 3xday but he is not home all day.

in addition, i just began transfer factor #8 to deal with the viral issues. i plan on buying OLE. i am addressing the viral issues a little more aggressively than you may want to due to the results of my son's viral panel. once i get a handle on things, will back off.

when my son was 5-6 yrs old, he was on valtrex, same dosage as above. i believe this may be the "normal" dosage.

vicki

[Guest guest]

p.s.

regarding insurance coverage, i have b/c of calif, ppo. my son has a diag of autistic. valtrex is covered. i have a small co-pay on all rx's.

vicki

[Guest guest]

My son did not have any markers and it was covered by his insurance... but I

don't know if

that is a common thing.

If it were my child I would start at the same dosages as we have been in the

group here

(250mg 3x day) and then see what happens. Then you can use that data and talk

to your

doctor and ultimately decide if you need to bump up to a higher dosage.

I have heard of chronic fatigue adults who have improved and/or recovered on

Valtrex.

There are several published cases of teenage children with autism recovering and

we have

heard of teenagers as well.

I think it is certainly worth a trial.

- Stan

>

> Good morning,

>

> Thank you for letting me join in on your group. I have an 8 year

> old son with ASD, whom we've treated for the past 4 years with

> various biomedical therapies. We are looking towards a trial of

> Valtrex because my son's doctor feels he has elevated viral titers

> from his shots and because we have never really addressed any

> underlying viral issues yet. I have been reading over the FAQ's and

> the files, but haven't found someone close to my son's age yet to

> get a comparison dosage. For those of you with a child around the

> age of 8, would you mind sharing your starting dosages with me?

> Also, I've read about good results with children under the age of 7,

> and wondered if any of you would do me the favor of cheering me up

> with some good results of Valtrex with older children : )

> Lastly, I've noticed that there has been some questions about cost

> and insurance coverage. Is it true that you need to have a Dx. of

> herpes for an insurance to cover the cost of the Rx? If so, do most

> of you just pay out of pocket? Would elevated viral titers be a

> sufficiant Dx for insurance coverage?

>

> Thanks in advance for your reply to my numerous questions,

> Sheryl

>

[Guest guest]

my son is about 108 lbs. he is 13, and he gets 750

mg. three times a day. Barb

--- vickila1@... wrote:

> my son is 8 1/2 soon to be 9 (april). he is 80 lbs

> and is on valtrex, 500mg

> 2x day. his doc wants him to do 3xday but he is not

> home all day.

>

> in addition, i just began transfer factor #8 to deal

> with the viral issues.

> i plan on buying OLE. i am addressing the viral

> issues a little more

> aggressively than you may want to due to the results

> of my son's viral panel. once

> i get a handle on things, will back off.

>

> when my son was 5-6 yrs old, he was on valtrex, same

> dosage as above. i

> believe this may be the " normal " dosage.

>

> vicki

>

Barb Katsaros

barbkatsaros@...

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