On 12/22/10 13:47, Henya KnitMammy wrote:
> Permission to post
> A friend of mine has shingles. Because she is in precarious neurological
> state her GP decided that he wants to treat it aggressively. So he has
> prescribed Valtrex 1gr 3 times a day. She is now in the third day of taking
> it. She is supposed to take it for seven days. Her baby is almost 3 months
> old. The doctor advised against her contact with the baby because for fear
> of getting sick. She is also currently pumping and dumping, because he told
> her that the medication is not compatible with breastfeeding.
> She has now run out of EBM and is frantic.
> Can someone tell me how necessary these precautions are?
> The baby is healthy and not underweight. This GP is know to me as
> breast-feeding neutral - he can take it or he ca leave it.
> Thank you.
Hale 2008 calls Valtrex an L1. (pg967)

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