NONRESPONDER to Valtrex

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Welcome back,

Stan. You were missed.

My son is a six year old tough nut. It appears to us

that he is a Nonresponder to Valtrex. I would appreciate any thoughts on

this.

He has been on Valtrex since March 23rd. He

has been on 500mg twice a day. We have not seen a cough, a rash, or a regression.

The only blip we have noticed is a little mild fatigue about a week into

the Valtrex trial. The fatigue lasted for two days. We changed

nothing else during this trial. A week and a half ago, we increased the

Valtrex dose to 500mg three times a

day and nothing, nada, zip.

Background :

We have not done a viral panel. Our son is nonverbal

and not potty trained. He attends a private, full time ABA

school. He regressed into autism at 11 months old. At that time he began walking and stopped talking. Approximately

two months before he regressed, he caught “hand, foot, and mouth disease”

per our brilliant pediatricians. He was quite sick during this

illness. He ran a high fever and had red blisters in between his fingers

and toes and down his throat.

Since it appears he is a Nonresponder to Valtrex, should we

drop it and continue on with the next therapy? Or should we continue on

Valtrex as we explore our next therapy?

Thank you,

Pamela

" Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no

courage unless you're scared. "

Eddie Rickenbacker, top US fighter ace, WWI