Valtrex dosage- 39 lb. child

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Does anyone know the appropriate dosage to start a child on weighing

29 lbs.?

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750 mg.  split into 3x a day.  remember I'm not a doctor. Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ Does anyone know the appropriate dosage to start a child on weighing29 lbs.?  ------------------------------------

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Thank goodness we are all talking about Valtrex again

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what do u suggest for my son 44 lbs. He is on 750 mg three times per

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I started low and kept it low ( around 150 or 160 mg) 3x/day for 2 months. My child still had a viral rash at 2 months so I upped it to 250 3x/day and that was a week ago and the rash is gone. From what I have read, at that weight, the most effective does is the 250 3x/day. That seems to be true for us.

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months.  My child still had a viral rash at 2 months so I upped it to

250 3x/day and that was a week ago and the rash is gone.  From what I

have read, at that weight, the most effective does is the 250 3x/day. 

That seems to be true for us.

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Where did you find the dosage info?

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I'd say that if it's not effective for you at that dose then you might want to consider switching antivirals.  How long have you been on it?  Have you seen gains?  What is your nizoral dose? Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ what do u suggest for my son 44 lbs.  He is on 750 mg three times per day and Nizoral?--

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He has been on it since May 07, so over a year now. We recently

switched to Nizoral, once per day 300 mg at nite. We tried higher

doses of Valtrex but yeast got bad, but he wasn't on a new antifungal

until recently. should we try a higher dose or switch? He has high

herpes 6.

We did see major gains initially, but that have leveled off now.

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You can't stay on the same antifungal for too long.  If he was on the same antifungal since May of last year, he needed to switch to a new antifungal by Nov. 07.  You really need to rotate.  I would personally try upping the dose and if yeast is still an issue add Nystatin.  If that doesn't work, then try switching antivirals.Actually, now that I think about it, you should just go ahead and switch antivirals.  You've been on it too long at too low a dose. Just my opinion.  I'm not a doctor. Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ He has been on it since May 07, so over a year now.  We recently switched to Nizoral, once per day 300 mg at nite.  We tried  higher doses of Valtrex but yeast got bad, but he wasn't on a new antifungal until recently.  should we try a higher dose or switch?  He has high herpes 6.  We did see major gains initially, but that have leveled off now. what do u suggest for my son 44 lbs.  He is on 750 mg three times  per day and Nizoral?-- ------------------------------------

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No, the Nizoral is new, he was on Amphotericin for a long time. He

is 44 lbs. almost six years old. He did well when we switched to

Nizoral, yeast symptoms went away.

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I found the dosage from this board actually!

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I have to apologize for my previous post.  For whatever reason, I seemed to have gotten myself confused and thought you were on too low a dose when in fact, you were on a pretty high dose.  Just so we're clear, you're on 750 mg 3x a day, right?  So the total is 2250 mgs?If that's the case, yes, I suggest possibly switching to another antiviral.  I also suggest pulling titers to see if maybe the titers have normalized.  If they have, you can consider taking him off and then retesting for titers every few months to make sure they stay down.I'm on too many lists!  For some reason I thought you were the one that said you were taking something like 250 mg. total per day.  I only realized it when I was reading the previous posts so I could remember what we were talking about...  Sorry!  This is one time I'm glad someone didn't trim the posts!   Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ No, the Nizoral is new, he was on Amphotericin for a long time.  He is 44 lbs. almost six years old.  He did well when we switched to Nizoral, yeast symptoms went away.   

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Okay, so just so I'm up to speed since I don't know what message you are responding too (and I've apparently gotten myself confused and befuddled   ...  Are you the one that is doing 250 mg/day?  If that's the case, you may have misunderstood what someone said on dosage.  It probably should have read 250 mg 3x a day, not once a day.  But that's neither here nor there, the dosage you are using is too low.  How long have you been on that dose? Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ I found the dosage from this board actually!

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he is on 750 mg per day total for over a year. He is almost six, 44

lbs. Is that too low? I agree we are due to retest titers soon.

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For being 6, 44#,  and on 750 mg I would say you are definitely on the low end of an okay dose.  I would definitely say you can go up to 1500 mg, though, if you wanted.  It should work out better fro you since you've changed antifungals.  And again, if you need to you can add Nystatin. Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ he is on 750 mg per day total for over a year.  He is almost six, 44 lbs.  Is that too low?  I agree we are due to retest titers soon. No, the Nizoral is new, he was on Amphotericin for a long time.   He is 44 lbs. almost six years old.  He did well when we switched toNizoral, yeast symptoms went away. ------------------------------------

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Thanks Cheryl, you mean we can do Nizoral and Nystatin, what would be

the purpose, I thought the Nizoral was systemic?

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The nizoral is systemic but you had mentioned that you were having yeast issues before, even with an antifungal when you were on diflucan.  I only mention it so that you can add nystatin if you find that nizoral alone isn't tackling the yeast. Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ Thanks Cheryl, you mean we can do Nizoral and Nystatin, what would be the purpose, I thought the Nizoral was systemic? No, the Nizoral is new, he was on Amphotericin for a long time. He is 44 lbs. almost six years old.  He did well when we switched  to Nizoral, yeast symptoms went away. ------------------------------------

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I didn't realize you can do both. thanks, we'll try what you suggest

before we switch antivirals and run titers.

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I would go ahead and pull titers anyway.  If you find that your titers haven't dropped any, then you know it's a good time to switch antivirals anyway.  Good luck! Cheryl~Visit my webstore for anything you need related to autism - groceries, supps, therapy supplies, books, and more!http://astore.amazon.com/grystai-20~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ I didn't realize you can do both. thanks, we'll try what you suggest  before we switch antivirals and run titers.thanks again. No, the Nizoral is new, he was on Amphotericin for a long  time. He is 44 lbs. almost six years old.  He did well when we switched to Nizoral, yeast symptoms went away. ------------------------------------