Re: Valtrex dosing question!

December 22, 2010

Hi -I too just took the plunge with valtrex with my 36lb son. His Dan has

him moving up on valtex from 250 mg to 500mg 3x a day. So I'm a little confused

on the weight part. I sure don't wont to over do it. Is it common for doc's to

only prescribe 250mg for kids under 50lbs. Anyone here doing it differently.

When I bring these things up to our doc she says " I've been doing this for 10yrs

and don't believe all that stuff on the yahoo groups blah blah blah. Is their

any where on the web where I can read about this and show it to our doctor??

angelique

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> Subject: Valtrex dosing question!

> Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 5:10 PM

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> Hi! posted this morning that I finally took the plunge and started Valtrex

with my 8 year old. After reading several posts, files and anything I could find

on anti viral therapy I think that maybe my son is starting on too low of a

dose. His Dan has him starting on 250 mg twice a day. Does that seem too low for

an 8 year old who weighs close to 60lbs? Maybe he is starting low because I was

a little nervous about the whole idea. Maybe I should add in OLE too. Any

thoughts would be great!

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> Thanks,

> Dayna

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