Herpes is a chronic, lifelong infection. It will never go away. Even though there is no cure, antiviral medicines can help to:
Treat the symptoms,
Lower your chances of having an outbreak,
Lower the number of times you shed the virus without knowing it, and
Prevent you from having the symptoms again.
Medicines include:
Acyclovir (ay sye' kloe veer) which is also called Zovirax;
Famcyclovir (fam sye' kloe veer) also called Famvir, and
Valacyclovir (val ay sye' kloe veer) or Valtrex.
