Re: Dr. G's book -leg pain

February 19, 2011

Hi,

My son Josiah was the little one in Dr. G's book with the extreme leg pains on

valtrex.

It was horrible and severe. It lasted for weeks & only went away when we moved

to famvir. He also had tingling in his hands, night sweats, and huge light

sensitivity.

When I went on the adult hhv6 board, adults described it as sciatic like spasms

and many said it was herxing or as we call it die off. I feel like it was

stiring up the virus. During this time his hhv6 was super high. With a timely

switch the numbers went down & so did all pains.

I am still perplexed to whether it was the Valtrex side effect itself, or die

off. Either way it was bad.

Hope this was pass soon for your son!

Robin driver

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Dr. G's book - questions

I received Dr. G's book and have several questions:

1. Our son has been on Valtrex 250mg/day for 1.5 week. A few days ago

he was complaining of severe leg pain (this was mentioned in one of the

stories in the book). What does leg pain have to do with antivirals? Is this

a usual and good/bad sign when using Valtrex?

2. He takes Nystatin as his antifungal. This med was not mentioned in

the antifungal section of the book. Is there a reason Dr. G does not use

Nystatin? If he does, what is the recommended dose per day?

3. Our son was taking Prozac but becomes extremely hyper on any SSRI

that we try. There is a prescription grade tryptophan that we can get

through the pharmacist - will this have the same effect on the brain, in the

long run, as an SSRI, in his opinion?

4. Are there any supplements (calcium, magnesium, Omega 3s, etc.) that

are allowed?

5. Our son always showed low neutrophils and high eosinophils. I was

pre-eclampsic when having our son. This was indicated as a high risk in the

book. What does pre-eclampsia have to do with a child with autoimmune/viral

issues?

Thank you very much for writing the book and giving all of us have hope. Any

comments or suggestions are extremely appreciated.

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