Pulsing the anti-viral?

[Guest guest]

I was talking to our DAN the other day about using anti-virals and he explained

that there are different schools of thought about anti-viral usage.

He initially suggested pulsing it (5 days on and then take a break and then go

another 5 days). What he said this does is that it doesn't allow for natural

selection to occur inside the body and leave the super-resistant virus to

multiply. He said that by pulsing it, you leave some of the weaker bugs to breed

with the stronger bugs and it weakens the " gene pool " of the virus in the

long-run.

Then, another philosophy I've heard people talk about on here is going months

straight until it's all gone.

Our DAN admits that there is no one be-all-end-all answer to this. That no one

is really certain about viruses.

This discussion has probably gone on before but I wanted to start it again.

What's your take on this? I just want to hear people's different thoughts about

this. What are people's experiences with one way or the other of using an

anti-viral like valtrex?

[Guest guest]

Yep. I'd love to know Magic 's secret.

He's gotta be doing something right.

-Tammy

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 10:28:11 AMSubject: Re: "Pulsing" the anti-viral?

I remember reading in the newspaper a good many years ago, of a man who defeated AIDS back when then just started treating it. He says he pulsed the antivirals. I think it was 6 weeks on and 6 weeks off for a couple of years. It was pretty amazing, since at the time everyone was dying of AIDS. I think we can theorize this to death, but I would think the answer would be learned by doing a bunch of Googling to see who got results with pulsing versus not.Love and prayers,Heidi NI was talking to our DAN the other day about using anti-virals and he explained that there are different schools of thought about anti-viral usage.He initially suggested pulsing it (5 days on and then take a break and then go another 5 days). What he said this does is that it doesn't allow for natural selection to occur inside the body and leave the super-resistant virus to multiply. He said that by

pulsing it, you leave some of the weaker bugs to breed with the stronger bugs and it weakens the "gene pool" of the virus in the long-run.Then, another philosophy I've heard people talk about on here is going months straight until it's all gone.Our DAN admits that there is no one be-all-end-all answer to this. That no one is really certain about viruses.This discussion has probably gone on before but I wanted to start it again. What's your take on this? I just want to hear people's different thoughts about this. What are people's experiences with one way or the other of using an anti-viral like valtrex?

[Guest guest]

Yep. I'd love to know Magic 's secret.

He's gotta be doing something right.

-Tammy

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 10:28:11 AMSubject: Re: "Pulsing" the anti-viral?

I remember reading in the newspaper a good many years ago, of a man who defeated AIDS back when then just started treating it. He says he pulsed the antivirals. I think it was 6 weeks on and 6 weeks off for a couple of years. It was pretty amazing, since at the time everyone was dying of AIDS. I think we can theorize this to death, but I would think the answer would be learned by doing a bunch of Googling to see who got results with pulsing versus not.Love and prayers,Heidi NI was talking to our DAN the other day about using anti-virals and he explained that there are different schools of thought about anti-viral usage.He initially suggested pulsing it (5 days on and then take a break and then go another 5 days). What he said this does is that it doesn't allow for natural selection to occur inside the body and leave the super-resistant virus to multiply. He said that by

pulsing it, you leave some of the weaker bugs to breed with the stronger bugs and it weakens the "gene pool" of the virus in the long-run.Then, another philosophy I've heard people talk about on here is going months straight until it's all gone.Our DAN admits that there is no one be-all-end-all answer to this. That no one is really certain about viruses.This discussion has probably gone on before but I wanted to start it again. What's your take on this? I just want to hear people's different thoughts about this. What are people's experiences with one way or the other of using an anti-viral like valtrex?

[Guest guest]

Yep. I'd love to know Magic 's secret.

He's gotta be doing something right.

-Tammy

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 10:28:11 AMSubject: Re: "Pulsing" the anti-viral?

I remember reading in the newspaper a good many years ago, of a man who defeated AIDS back when then just started treating it. He says he pulsed the antivirals. I think it was 6 weeks on and 6 weeks off for a couple of years. It was pretty amazing, since at the time everyone was dying of AIDS. I think we can theorize this to death, but I would think the answer would be learned by doing a bunch of Googling to see who got results with pulsing versus not.Love and prayers,Heidi NI was talking to our DAN the other day about using anti-virals and he explained that there are different schools of thought about anti-viral usage.He initially suggested pulsing it (5 days on and then take a break and then go another 5 days). What he said this does is that it doesn't allow for natural selection to occur inside the body and leave the super-resistant virus to multiply. He said that by

pulsing it, you leave some of the weaker bugs to breed with the stronger bugs and it weakens the "gene pool" of the virus in the long-run.Then, another philosophy I've heard people talk about on here is going months straight until it's all gone.Our DAN admits that there is no one be-all-end-all answer to this. That no one is really certain about viruses.This discussion has probably gone on before but I wanted to start it again. What's your take on this? I just want to hear people's different thoughts about this. What are people's experiences with one way or the other of using an anti-viral like valtrex?