I am 43 years old. Have been on Valtrex for 6 months now. Switched from acyclovir only because of advertisements that said it was the only drug shown to reduce incidence of spread to an uninfected partner. It was so much more expensive, and so new, that I became nervous and decided to switch back. Acyclovir worked great (took it for 6+ years without a single outbreak), had no side effects, and my partner still hasn’t been infected.

I have experienced some of these side effects -
general malaise, hearing problems

I hope this information will be useful to others,
Linda Cyr