I first noticed a red scaly, bumpy rash on the right side of my body, and on the side of my right breast. I thought it was some allergic reaction and thought nothing of it. After about a week it was not going away, and noticed more spots pop up on my left side, back, arms and thighs! I quickly realized something was horribly wrong, especially because the original rash on my right side had not gone away. Right before the rash appeared I was prescribed Valtrex for the god awful cold sores I have been plagued with since childhood. I called my doctor and she said she didn't think there was a link between the Valtrex and rash. Well doctor, I believe you are very wrong. About two weeks ago I started researching skin conditions to figure out what was going on, and what do you know, it was PR. I then found a few articles linking herpes 7 and herpes 8 to PR, which led me to the conclusion that the Valtrex activated a latent herpes virus which caused my PR! Now, I am not a doctor and I could be wrong, but it seemed highly likely that Valtrex was the culprit. I have a girlfriend who has been on Valtrex for a while now and asked her if she experienced the same thing, and she said she also had PR after being prescribed Valtrex. WTF!!!
Armed with this information and reading about people's PR stories on message boards, I bought Medicated Selsen Blue immediately and began washing with it everyday AND leaving it on my skin. I know that it is drying and not good for your skin, but it truly helped within a few days. I also went tanning for 6 minute sessions at my gym, 5 times back to back. It's been two weeks and the PR has not spread at all and the spots are drying in the order of which they appeared. I believe that I had a very mild case, with approximately 20 spots, but am sure that the Selsen Blue and tanning helped stop more spots in their tracks (I saw a few forming that never made it to the surface. TAKE THAT!). Be patient and be diligent with whatever course of remedy you choose to pursue.
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I first noticed a red scaly, bumpy rash on the right side of my body, and on the side of my right breast. I thought it was some allergic reaction and thought nothing of it. After about a week it was not going away, and noticed more spots pop up on my left side, back, arms and thighs! I quickly realized something was horribly wrong, especially because the original rash on my right side had not gone away. Right before the rash appeared I was prescribed Valtrex for the god awful cold sores I have been plagued with since childhood. I called my doctor and she said she didn't think there was a link between the Valtrex and rash. Well doctor, I believe you are very wrong. About two weeks ago I started researching skin conditions to figure out what was going on, and what do you know, it was PR. I then found a few articles linking herpes 7 and herpes 8 to PR, which led me to the conclusion that the Valtrex activated a latent herpes virus which caused my PR! Now, I am not a doctor and I could be wrong, but it seemed highly likely that Valtrex was the culprit. I have a girlfriend who has been on Valtrex for a while now and asked her if she experienced the same thing, and she said she also had PR after being prescribed Valtrex. WTF!!!
Armed with this information and reading about people's PR stories on message boards, I bought Medicated Selsen Blue immediately and began washing with it everyday AND leaving it on my skin. I know that it is drying and not good for your skin, but it truly helped within a few days. I also went tanning for 6 minute sessions at my gym, 5 times back to back. It's been two weeks and the PR has not spread at all and the spots are drying in the order of which they appeared. I believe that I had a very mild case, with approximately 20 spots, but am sure that the Selsen Blue and tanning helped stop more spots in their tracks (I saw a few forming that never made it to the surface. TAKE THAT!). Be patient and be diligent with whatever course of remedy you choose to pursue.
Good luck!
January 4, 2016 - 3:25pmThis Comment
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