Brand name: Valtrex
Valacyclovir is a medicine to treat cold sores (fever blisters or herpes labialis), shingles (herpes zoster), and to suppress or treat genital herpes in patients who have normal immune system. It may also suppress genital herpes in HIV patients.
It refers to antivirals. It stops the replication of virus. The medicine does not cure or eliminate the virus. As a suppressive therapy of genital herpes in patients who have normal immune system, it is necessary to use safe sex practices to reduce the risk of infection spread.