A new study coming out of Stanford has been testing the use of an anti-viral drug Valganciclovir on Chronic Fatigue Patients. 25 patients were treated over the course of 6 months with this anti-viral drug. The patients even retained their improvements after discontinuing the drug. Some of these patients have been off the drug for over 3 years and havent had a relapse of symptoms. Valganciclovir is used to treat herpes viruses such as Epstein- Barr and HHV 6. The Stanford researcher believe that this could be an effective treatment for a sub-group of CFS patients and were given a million dollar grant by Roche Pharmaceuticals.
Ive personally tried an anti-viral drug called Zovirax for my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I believe that it did improve my symptoms overall, and i think it could be of more help to certain CFS patients than others. I took the Zovirax for over a year. it seemed to help most with my brain fog symptoms, but also improved my energy level
A friend of mine got better after after chemotherapy for cancer. I don’t know if the chemo drugs had anti viral action as well, but it sure was interesting. Her CFS symptoms practically disappeared.
The use of valganciclovir (Valcyte) is not new…., not by a long shot. Dr. A Martin Lerner (himself a CFS victim), a long-time (10 years plus) CFS researcher of sizeable repute,…at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan,.. describes the relatively successful use of valganciclovir in his U.S. Patent No. 6,399,622 document, dated June 4, 2002. Go to page 7 of the patent document for one ready reference to valganciclovir. This patent document shines a bright revealing light on the viral causes/roles discovered during extensive research efforts, over the past 10 years plus, by Dr.Lerner and his team.
I had EBV a few years ago.
I was tested and I was told that if you are between 0-20 up to you are neg.
Anything over is pos the # goes up to 171 I was 171+
off the chart.
My Dr gave me an IV 1 gram each day of Zovirax for 5 days. He was from France and He told me that was the treatment.
Day one during the drip my eyes opened in the middle of the drip but lasted a short while after the drip was done.
Day 2 my eyes opened sooner and for longer after the drip.
Day 3 it just got better and better each day.
I was clear headed and filled with energy jumping with positive happy energy.
This lasted for over 2 years.
I have never felt that bad again.
My Dr is back in France.
I have EBV again and feel like well you know.
What can I do?
Jim V
You just need to search for a chronic fatigue doctor that practices conventional medicine and non conventional medicine. There is an anti viral supplement called cats claw, that did help me some. The zovirax helped me more than the cats claw, but you dont need a perscription to get it. It has anvi viral actions, definately worth a try. My dr recommended i try the cats claw before she would give me the zovirax.
fyi: zovirax and valcyte are very different in mode of action on virus potential(even though they seem like similar drugs). zovirax has not worked in studies done on viruses like hhv-6 where valgancylivor has.
I hear it works but I can’t affors it! It’s like $ 2000 a month!
its not easy to pay all of the doctor bills, especially for people with cfs.
If your are on a tight budget, but want to try something. try the simplified yasko protocol.
This is helping me alot right now.
It costs $100-$200 per month for vitamins, which isnt cheap, but its working very well. Slow steady improvement.
Also hopefully some more data will be coming out soon about the people on valcyte. Maybe more doc will perscribe if it is positive
but it’s so expensive! I’m sick but can’t afford it!