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Re: Zovirax / Valtrex beyond From: Geffrey Klein, MD (gklein@icsi.net) Sat May 27 21:52:52 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joe Cutchin: "Re: new case" Previous message: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Re: routine intrapartum labs ---> placenta pathology" In reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Zovirax / Valtrex beyond" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Zovirax / Valtrex beyond" At 8:40 PM -0500 on 5/27/00, Robert J. Woolley wrote: >In message <200005270936.EAA18612@forum.obgyn.net> writes: >> one year ? >> >> Got a patient who was having too many recurrences of vulvar Herpes >> simplex,but since putting her on valtrex suppresion she had no further >> recurrences and is quite happy. >> The problem is it is approved only for 1 year > >So? Why does that trouble you? Do you never prescribe meds for indications not >FDA-approved, or in manners or doses not FDA-approved? I have used valtrex in patients for longer than a year.. However, there is a subtle but important difference between using a medication off-label and using it in direct violation of the package insert... -- _______________________ Geffrey H. Klein, MD _______________________ geffrey.klein@obgyn.net 200 Medical Center Blvd Suite 103 Webster, TX 77598 (281) 332 6723 http://www.geffreyklein.com Next message: Joe Cutchin: "Re: new case" Previous message: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Re: routine intrapartum labs ---> placenta pathology" In reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Zovirax / Valtrex beyond" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Zovirax / Valtrex beyond"

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