subject: Does Genital Herpes Medication Really Work? [print this page] Genital herpes is one of the most common STDs in the world. Easily transmitted and often able to remain in the system without showing symptoms for many years, a large number of people are unaware that they even have the condition for months or years before their first outbreak. If you have been diagnosed with genital herpes, then you likely know how painful and irritating an outbreak can be. If, like most patients, you have tried the various pills out there for herpes, you also know how hard it can be to treat. With that in mind, we have to wonder, does genital herpes medication really even work?
While some pills have been shown to have an impact on outbreaks, most creams are just about symptom management. In fact, most herpes treatments do very little to actually resolve common problems associated with the disease. This doesn't mean, however, that genital herpes medication doesn't work. In fact, the FDA recently approved a nonprescription herpes treatment that has offered hundreds of thousands of patients the ability to go months or even years between outbreaks. Available as a topical gel, this drug works to reduce the severity and duration of symptoms as well as to help prevent outbreaks.
With a medication this powerful available as a gel with no side effects and no prescription requirements, it is certainly worth trying. The FDA has issued the drug approval after conducting their own trials as well as reviewing other clinical trials. The drug typically needs to be used only 2-6 times in a patient's lifetime in order for the disease to be fully treated. While there is no known cure for genital herpes, this treatment offers patients the next best thing. It is important to remember that herpes can still be spread even when there is not an outbreak.
This new genital herpes medication is certainly something different. While most drugs are designed to lessen the irritation caused by each outbreak, this gel is designed to treat the outbreak and the disease itself. Patients have long hoped for a treatment that could help them live lives free from the fear of genital herpes outbreaks. At long last, this treatment has finally arrived. Safe and effective treatment methods for herpes are few and far between, which is why this new gel has created a remarkable amount of buzz not only among patients, but in the medical community as well.
