Valacyclovir is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat cold sores, herpes, herpes zoster ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment opens doors for treating shingles in the eye ... either 1,000 mg of valacyclovir daily or a placebo. Patients were required to have functioning immune ...

In adults, it is used to treat shingles (caused by herpes zoster) and cold sores around the mouth. Valacyclovir is also used to treat outbreaks of genital herpes. In people with frequent outbreaks ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye ...

ZEDS ran from November 2017 until January 2023, enrolling more than 500 participants who had shingles affecting their eyes. Approximately half received daily doses of valacyclovir for a year ...