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The lowest recommened dosing i have seen for cmv is one tab a day. My reasoning for using every second day is due to side effects and also hoping that taking famvir with it that it will also help keep viral load down that the valcyte causes. A study i read on organ transplant showed 1 450mg valcyte ...

Hi scott1, a cfs/me forum i am mostly active on has others with hhv6 and myself with cmv had our viral titres lowered with famvir. Famvir isnt aknowledged to be effective against cmv or hhv6 or for that matter ebv its just been found effective through personal experience. I am now on valcyte which i...

I improved alot of famvir but my main virus causing me problems is cmv. After 12 months i was almost back to normal then i swapped to valtrex as it was cheaper, then i relapsed. Valtrex isnt a good fit for cmv. I went back on famvir and improved but not to the point i did previously, im now also usi...

interesting, learn something everyday. i come from a cfs/me background not an MS so knowledge on MS isnt great, but i have read that inosine can help MS by increasing uric acid levels and thus antioxidant status(peroxynitrate scavenger?) which helps protects nerves. I dont have any links to this, bu...

I didnt think valtrex increased uric acid levels?? Immunovir and immunemodulator/antiviral increases uric acid levels, this occurrs as inosine is ued in the making of immunovir. There is another antiviral that is helpful against ebv and is possibly effective against cmv(virus i have) and hhv6 and is...

Are there people in the MS community trying interferon inducers? these are substances that stimulate our natural production of interferon and are used in cfs/me to help strengthen the immune system in particular their natural killer cell function. I have had some help with cycloferon and many others...

Hi, I have had me/cfs for 10 yrs commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome but a very misunderstood illness. I came across this site googling viral treatments and was suprised at the similarities in this thread with the immune/infectious abnormalities with many of the MS people have in common with ...