Acyclovir

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Our doctor just prescribed acyclovir for my 8 year old Asperger's

son. We will be starting soon, but I wanted to know what kind of

side effects I should be prepared for and whether anyone has had

success (or failure) with this medication.

We'll be moving to Valtrex soon, but the doctor is concerned with my

son's sensitivities to medication, so we are starting with the milder

acyclovir first.

Any tips or advice would be very welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

Would you mind telling me if your doctor prescribed acyclovir

to treat Asperger's and which state do you live in.

Thanks.

Acyclovir

Our doctor just prescribed acyclovir for my 8 year old Asperger's

son. We will be starting soon, but I wanted to know what kind of

side effects I should be prepared for and whether anyone has had

success (or failure) with this medication.

We'll be moving to Valtrex soon, but the doctor is concerned with my

son's sensitivities to medication, so we are starting with the milder

acyclovir first.

Any tips or advice would be very welcome.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi, Becky!

Dr. Goldberg isn't our doctor, so I'm not certain what he'd say about

yeast die-off. Maybe someone else on the list could be more helpful

in what his thoughts on die-off might be. Anyone?

In our particular case, we had the OATS and Comprehensive Stool

Anaylsis done before we started attacking the yeast. My son had it

so bad, we couldn't risk Diflucan because our Dr. was worried about

his liver. Instead we have done a low but consistent dose of

Nystatin. The die-off effects were pretty bad for us, nonetheless --

sweating (especially at night), very moody and tempermental, red

cheeks, red ears, red rash on bottom and thighs, acne (and he was

only 6 at the time!), explosive and loose stools, and lots and lots

of gas. It lasted for several weeks. The good thing about having

the above tests done first is that the lab tests the yeast to see

what the strains are resistant to, so you don't waste time on an anti-

yeast medication that the strains are able to resist. We have the

tests done once a year to determine how well the medication is

working. At this time (2 years later) we are still on a low dose of

Nystatin. We have done a series of different good flora and a couple

of other treatments and each year, the yeast gets less and less!

Yeah!

Did I answer your question?

> ,

>

> No help on the acyclovir here, but I'm SOO interested in the

yeast

> symptoms you described. I though we were done with die-off after

2.5 weeks

> on Diflucan, but now it seems to be starting up again...same red

rash on the

> butt cheeks, wierd bumps on the thighs, loose stools again. Its

like die

> off went away for one week then came back again. We're almost a

month on

> Diflucan now. How long did your die off last, particularly the

rash? Did

> Dr. G consider the rash normal die off or a reaction to the med?

Here I was

> looking for some new food-related rash, but maybe it still is the

yeast.

> Eggs give the same red rash, but we've really been avoiding

eggs since

> the rash started.

>

> Funny, we had absolutely no die off at all with Nizoral.

>

> Thanks! Becky

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