Valtrex and Impaired healing - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Impaired healing is found among people who take Valtrex, especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for 6 - 12 months.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Valtrex and have Impaired healing. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 32,398 people who have side effects when taking Valtrex from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
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32,398 people reported to have side effects when taking Valtrex.
Among them, 159 people (0.49%) have Impaired healing.
What is Valtrex?
Valtrex has active ingredients of valacyclovir hydrochloride. It is often used in genital herpes. eHealthMe is studying from 34,253 Valtrex users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Impaired healing?
Impaired healing is found to be associated with 2,082 drugs and 1,434 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Valtrex and Impaired healing reports submitted per year:

Time on Valtrex when people have Impaired healing *:
Gender of people who have Impaired healing when taking Valtrex*:
Age of people who have Impaired healing when taking Valtrex *:
Common drugs people take besides Valtrex *:
Common side effects people have besides Impaired healing *:
Common conditions people have *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Valtrex and have Impaired healing?
Check whether Impaired healing is associated with a drug or a conditionHow to use the study?
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Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Valtrex:
- Valtrex (34,253 reports)
Impaired healing treatments and more:
- Impaired healing (34,998 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Impaired healing:
- Impaired healing in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Impaired healing in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Impaired healing in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
How severe was Impaired healing and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of valacyclovir hydrochloride:
Common drugs associated with Impaired healing:
- Accutane: 151 reports
- Acetaminophen: 285 reports
- Acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate: 141 reports
- Acetylsalicylic acid: 258 reports
- Aciphex: 169 reports
- Actemra: 1,085 reports
- Actonel: 689 reports
- Actos: 146 reports
- Acyclovir: 193 reports
- Adriamycin pfs: 262 reports
- Advair diskus 100/50: 300 reports
- Advair hfa: 128 reports
- Advil: 161 reports
- Afinitor: 142 reports
- Albuterol: 487 reports
- Aldactone: 143 reports
- Alendronate sodium: 1,122 reports
- Aleve: 171 reports
- Alkeran: 101 reports
- Allegra: 368 reports
- Allopurinol: 561 reports
- Alprazolam: 476 reports
- Altace: 166 reports
- Amaryl: 116 reports
- Ambien: 927 reports
- Amlodipine: 612 reports
- Amlodipine besylate: 104 reports
- Amoxicillin: 502 reports
- Anastrozole: 106 reports
- Anzemet: 157 reports
- Aranesp: 387 reports
- Arava: 784 reports
- Aredia: 2,225 reports
- Arimidex: 548 reports
- Aromasin: 346 reports
- Asa: 108 reports
- Aspirin: 1,940 reports
- Atenolol: 762 reports
- Ativan: 713 reports
- Atorvastatin calcium: 115 reports
- Augmentin: 323 reports
- Augmentin '125': 181 reports
- Avandia: 148 reports
- Avastin: 534 reports
- Avelox: 228 reports
- Avonex: 477 reports
- Azathioprine: 211 reports
- Azithromycin: 169 reports
- Baby aspirin: 110 reports
- Baclofen: 337 reports
- Bactrim: 391 reports
- Benadryl: 504 reports
- Benicar: 142 reports
- Bextra: 128 reports
- Boniva: 616 reports
- Cabometyx: 142 reports
- Calcium: 688 reports
- Capecitabine: 166 reports
- Carboplatin: 278 reports
- Cardizem: 265 reports
- Carvedilol: 161 reports
- Casodex: 243 reports
- Celebrex: 1,325 reports
- Celecoxib: 132 reports
- Celexa: 301 reports
- Cellcept: 150 reports
- Centrum: 190 reports
- Centrum silver: 123 reports
- Cephalexin: 387 reports
- Cetirizine hydrochloride: 161 reports
- Chantix: 124 reports
- Chlorhexidine gluconate: 525 reports
- Cimetidine: 114 reports
- Cimzia: 317 reports
- Cipro: 238 reports
- Cisplatin: 123 reports
- Citalopram hydrobromide: 132 reports
- Claritin: 259 reports
- Cleocin: 116 reports
- Clexane: 121 reports
- Clonazepam: 343 reports
- Clonidine: 159 reports
- Clopidogrel: 201 reports
- Clopra: 200 reports
- Colace: 288 reports
- Copaxone: 103 reports
- Coreg: 237 reports
- Cortisone acetate: 128 reports
- Cosentyx: 275 reports
- Coumadin: 804 reports
- Cozaar: 187 reports
- Crestor: 348 reports
- Cyclophosphamide: 213 reports
- Cyclosporine: 153 reports
- Cymbalta: 574 reports
- Cytoxan: 352 reports
- Decadron: 725 reports
- Demerol: 115 reports
- Desogestrel and ethinyl estradiol: 135 reports
- Desoximetasone: 225 reports
- Detrol: 182 reports
- Dexamethasone: 860 reports
- Diazepam: 279 reports
- Diclofenac: 164 reports
- Diclofenac sodium: 128 reports
- Diflucan: 298 reports
- Digoxin: 316 reports
- Dilaudid: 337 reports
- Diovan: 321 reports
- Diphen: 300 reports
- Diphenhydramine hydrochloride: 153 reports
- Docetaxel: 106 reports
- Doxil: 127 reports
- Doxycycline: 288 reports
- Duragesic: 386 reports
- Duragesic-100: 305 reports
- Dyazide: 111 reports
- Effexor: 500 reports
- Effexor xr: 156 reports
- Elavil: 327 reports
- Eliquis: 182 reports
- Enalapril maleate: 111 reports
- Enbrel: 3,325 reports
- Erythromycin: 101 reports
- Escitalopram: 122 reports
- Evista: 212 reports
- Exidine: 715 reports
- Famotidine: 216 reports
- Famvir: 112 reports
- Faslodex: 473 reports
- Femara: 697 reports
- Fentanyl: 426 reports
- Fish oil: 317 reports
- Flagyl: 279 reports
- Flexeril: 304 reports
- Flomax: 293 reports
- Flonase: 262 reports
- Fluconazole: 257 reports
- Fluorouracil: 300 reports
- Fluoxetine: 245 reports
- Folic acid: 701 reports
- Forteo: 564 reports
- Fosamax: 5,374 reports
- Fosamax plus d: 176 reports
- Furosemide: 876 reports
- Gabapentin: 902 reports
- Gemzar: 294 reports
- Gilenya: 167 reports
- Glipizide: 178 reports
- Glucophage: 192 reports
- Glyburide: 146 reports
- Heparin: 225 reports
- Herceptin: 298 reports
- Humalog: 429 reports
- Humira: 3,975 reports
- Humulin r: 181 reports
- Hydramine: 368 reports
- Hydrochlorothiazide: 744 reports
- Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen: 104 reports
- Hydrocortisone: 165 reports
- Hydroxychloroquine sulfate: 339 reports
- Hydroxyzine: 138 reports
- Hyzaar: 107 reports
- Ibrance: 147 reports
- Ibu: 1,138 reports
- Ibuprofen: 885 reports
- Imbruvica: 277 reports
- Imitrex: 106 reports
- Imodium: 152 reports
- Imuran: 214 reports
- Inflectra: 141 reports
- Insulin: 172 reports
- Invokana: 173 reports
- Jakafi: 218 reports
- Januvia: 104 reports
- Keflex: 259 reports
- Klonopin: 255 reports
- Klor-con: 141 reports
- Kytril: 197 reports
- Lactulose: 140 reports
- Lamictal: 119 reports
- Lansoprazole: 187 reports
- Lantus: 469 reports
- Lasix: 979 reports
- Leflunomide: 668 reports
- Letrozole: 145 reports
- Levaquin: 564 reports
- Levothyroxine sodium: 406 reports
- Levoxyl: 140 reports
- Lexapro: 449 reports
- Lidocaine: 194 reports
- Lioresal: 114 reports
- Lipitor: 988 reports
- Lisinopril: 1,097 reports
- Lomotil: 118 reports
- Lopressor: 149 reports
- Lopurin: 561 reports
- Loratadine: 104 reports
- Loraz: 626 reports
- Lorazepam: 626 reports
- Lortab: 374 reports
- Losartan: 309 reports
- Lotrel: 103 reports
- Lovenox: 346 reports
- Lunesta: 122 reports
- Lupron: 302 reports
- Lyrica: 606 reports
- Magnesium: 453 reports
- Meclizine: 103 reports
- Medrol: 169 reports
- Megace: 229 reports
- Megestrol acetate: 125 reports
- Melatonin: 141 reports
- Meloxicam: 289 reports
- Metformin: 848 reports
- Methotrexate: 3,256 reports
- Methotrexate sodium: 431 reports
- Methylprednisolone: 163 reports
- Metoclopramide: 194 reports
- Metoprolol succinate: 192 reports
- Metoprolol tartrate: 220 reports
- Metronidazole: 291 reports
- Miacalcin: 110 reports
- Milk of magnesia: 113 reports
- Miralax: 249 reports
- Mirtazapine: 126 reports
- Mobic: 236 reports
- Morphine: 733 reports
- Morphine sulfate: 246 reports
- Motrin: 150 reports
- Ms contin: 296 reports
- Multivitamin: 324 reports
- Mycophenolate mofetil: 152 reports
- Naprosyn: 322 reports
- Naproxen: 349 reports
- Nasacort: 117 reports
- Nasonex: 164 reports
- Navelbine: 294 reports
- Neoral: 106 reports
- Neupogen: 222 reports
- Neurontin: 859 reports
- Nexavar: 113 reports
- Nexium: 871 reports
- Nitroglycerin: 231 reports
- Norco: 206 reports
- Norvasc: 469 reports
- Novolog: 136 reports
- Nystatin: 282 reports
- Omeprazole: 1,063 reports
- Ondansetron: 260 reports
- Orencia: 869 reports
- Oxaliplatin: 135 reports
- Oxycodone: 927 reports
- Oxycodone and acetaminophen: 108 reports
- Oxycontin: 856 reports
- Paclitaxel: 215 reports
- Pamidronate disodium: 191 reports
- Pantoprazole: 1,097 reports
- Pantoprazole sodium: 174 reports
- Paracetamol: 318 reports
- Paroxetine: 188 reports
- Paxil: 502 reports
- Pepcid: 293 reports
- Percocet: 712 reports
- Peridex: 321 reports
- Periogard: 199 reports
- Phenergan: 277 reports
- Plaquenil: 902 reports
- Plavix: 502 reports
- Potassium: 173 reports
- Pradaxa: 101 reports
- Prednisolone: 651 reports
- Prednisone: 3,589 reports
- Pregabalin: 104 reports
- Premarin: 487 reports
- Prempro: 169 reports
- Prevacid: 618 reports
- Prilosec: 915 reports
- Prochlorperazine: 202 reports
- Profen: 902 reports
- Prograf: 126 reports
- Prolia: 793 reports
- Protonix: 698 reports
- Provera: 133 reports
- Prozac: 469 reports
- Quinine sulfate: 107 reports
- Rabeprazole: 119 reports
- Ramipril: 327 reports
- Ranitidine: 253 reports
- Rapamune: 134 reports
- Rebif: 184 reports
- Reclast: 145 reports
- Reglan: 238 reports
- Remeron: 118 reports
- Remicade: 663 reports
- Restoril: 201 reports
- Revlimid: 410 reports
- Ribavirin: 105 reports
- Risedronate sodium: 106 reports
- Rituxan: 343 reports
- Rocephin: 135 reports
- Senna: 115 reports
- Seroquel: 143 reports
- Sertraline: 257 reports
- Simponi: 641 reports
- Simvastatin: 884 reports
- Singulair: 283 reports
- Skelaxin: 148 reports
- Sodium bicarbonate: 108 reports
- Solu-medrol: 123 reports
- Soma: 160 reports
- Spiriva: 259 reports
- Spironolactone: 248 reports
- Stelara: 105 reports
- Sulfamethoxazole: 276 reports
- Sulfasalazine: 525 reports
- Sutent: 333 reports
- Symbicort: 192 reports
- Synthroid: 1,148 reports
- Tacrolimus: 170 reports
- Tamoxifen citrate: 475 reports
- Tamsulosin: 139 reports
- Taxol: 396 reports
- Taxotere: 632 reports
- Tecfidera: 110 reports
- Temaz: 237 reports
- Temazepam: 234 reports
- Thalomid: 120 reports
- Topamax: 121 reports
- Toprol-xl: 260 reports
- Toradol: 163 reports
- Tramadol: 617 reports
- Triamcinolone: 101 reports
- Tylenol: 1,258 reports
- Tylenol w/ codeine: 117 reports
- Tysabri: 322 reports
- Ultram: 242 reports
- Valium: 369 reports
- Valsartan: 129 reports
- Valtrex: 159 reports
- Velcade: 315 reports
- Ventolin: 155 reports
- Viagra: 118 reports
- Vicodin: 596 reports
- Vioxx: 524 reports
- Vitamin b12: 316 reports
- Vitamin c: 316 reports
- Vitamin d: 810 reports
- Vitamin d3: 208 reports
- Vitamin e: 219 reports
- Vitamins: 1,083 reports
- Voltaren: 265 reports
- Votrient: 134 reports
- Warfarin sodium: 276 reports
- Wellbutrin: 417 reports
- Xanax: 665 reports
- Xarelto: 307 reports
- Xeljanz: 910 reports
- Xeljanz xr: 157 reports
- Xeloda: 556 reports
- Xgeva: 206 reports
- Zanaflex: 116 reports
- Zantac: 385 reports
- Zestril: 101 reports
- Zetia: 123 reports
- Zide: 745 reports
- Zithromax: 287 reports
- Zocor: 513 reports
- Zofran: 562 reports
- Zoladex: 128 reports
- Zoledronic: 196 reports
- Zoledronic acid: 191 reports
- Zoloft: 737 reports
- Zolpidem: 207 reports
- Zometa: 4,015 reports
- Zopiclone: 233 reports
- Zyprexa: 127 reports
- Zyrtec: 343 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Impaired healing:
- Impaired healing (2,082 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Impaired healing:
- Acid reflux: 630 reports
- Acupuncture and pain: 1,030 reports
- Adult hypothyroidism: 468 reports
- A-fib: 246 reports
- Agrypnia: 225 reports
- Alternative medicine - pain relief: 1,326 reports
- Anaemia: 214 reports
- Ankylosing spondylitis: 359 reports
- Anticoagulant therapy: 131 reports
- Antidepressant therapy: 814 reports
- Anxiety: 545 reports
- Anxiety, apprehension, feeling uptight, jitters, stress, stress and anxiety, tension: 545 reports
- Anxiolytic therapy: 545 reports
- Arthritis: 421 reports
- Asthma: 360 reports
- Atrial fibrillation: 240 reports
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter: 246 reports
- Back pain: 193 reports
- Back pain - nonspecific: 193 reports
- Birth control: 149 reports
- Blood cholesterol abnormal: 921 reports
- Blood cholesterol increased: 921 reports
- Blood pressure abnormal: 227 reports
- Blood pressure - high: 1,574 reports
- Blood pressure increased: 1,574 reports
- Blood triglycerides abnormal: 921 reports
- Blood triglycerides increased: 902 reports
- Bone density decreased: 133 reports
- Bone density loss: 133 reports
- Bone disorder: 157 reports
- Breast cancer: 991 reports
- Breast cancer metastatic: 628 reports
- Cancer - breast: 989 reports
- Cancer - prostate: 303 reports
- Carcinoma - ductal: 989 reports
- Carcinoma - lobular: 989 reports
- Cardiac disorder: 178 reports
- Chronic asthma: 358 reports
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: 234 reports
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia: 127 reports
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 154 reports
- Colitis ulcerative: 245 reports
- Constipation: 141 reports
- Contraception: 149 reports
- Copd: 154 reports
- Crohns: 1,249 reports
- Crohn's disease: 1,327 reports
- Crohns disease: 1,249 reports
- Degenerative joint disease: 179 reports
- Depression: 836 reports
- Diabetes: 647 reports
- Diabetes mellitus: 661 reports
- Diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependent: 160 reports
- Diabetes - type 2: 449 reports
- Djd: 179 reports
- Dm: 663 reports
- Dyslipidemia: 921 reports
- Fibromyalgia: 171 reports
- Fibromyalgia syndrome: 152 reports
- Fibromyositis: 171 reports
- Fibrositis: 171 reports
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease: 630 reports
- Gastrooesophageal reflux disease: 630 reports
- General physical condition: 194 reports
- Gerd: 630 reports
- Hbp: 1,574 reports
- Heartburn: 599 reports
- Hepatitis c: 164 reports
- Hidradenitis: 106 reports
- High blood cholesterol: 902 reports
- High blood cholesterol and triglycerides: 902 reports
- High blood pressure: 1,525 reports
- High cholesterol: 921 reports
- Hormone replacement therapy: 192 reports
- Hormone therapy: 190 reports
- Hrt: 192 reports
- Htn: 1,574 reports
- Hypercalcaemia: 128 reports
- Hypercholesterolaemia: 921 reports
- Hypercholesterolemia: 921 reports
- Hyperlipidemia: 902 reports
- Hyperlipoproteinemia: 921 reports
- Hypersensitivity: 224 reports
- Hypertension: 1,574 reports
- Hypertrophic osteoarthritis: 179 reports
- Hypothyroid: 468 reports
- Hypothyroidism: 460 reports
- Ileitis: 1,327 reports
- Inflammatory bowel disease - crohn's disease: 1,249 reports
- Insomnia: 222 reports
- Joint aches: 129 reports
- Joint pain: 129 reports
- Kidney transplant: 203 reports
- Lower cholesterol: 629 reports
- Low thyroid: 468 reports
- Metastases to bone: 1,558 reports
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma: 165 reports
- Migraine: 176 reports
- Migraines: 176 reports
- Mineral supplementation: 101 reports
- Ms: 1,349 reports
- Multiple myeloma: 1,277 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 1,349 reports
- Muscle spasm: 181 reports
- Muscle spasms: 181 reports
- Muscle spasticity: 137 reports
- Myeloma - multiple: 1,277 reports
- Myofascial pain syndrome: 171 reports
- Myxedema: 460 reports
- Nausea: 172 reports
- Neoplasm malignant: 150 reports
- Nonspecific back pain: 205 reports
- Oa: 175 reports
- Osteoarthritis: 177 reports
- Osteoarthritis aggravated: 181 reports
- Osteopenia: 1,656 reports
- Osteoporosis: 4,957 reports
- Osteoporosis postmenopausal: 305 reports
- Osteoporosis post-menopausal: 305 reports
- Ovarian cancer: 116 reports
- Pain: 1,375 reports
- Pain - back: 205 reports
- Pain management: 1,366 reports
- Plasma cell dyscrasia: 1,277 reports
- Plasma cell myeloma: 1,277 reports
- Preventive health care: 432 reports
- Primary myelofibrosis: 117 reports
- Prostate cancer: 308 reports
- Prostate cancer metastatic: 111 reports
- Psoriasis: 943 reports
- Psoriatic arthropathy: 976 reports
- Ra: 5,558 reports
- Reflux: 599 reports
- Regional enteritis: 1,327 reports
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: 123 reports
- Renal cancer: 282 reports
- Renal cell carcinoma: 282 reports
- Renal transplant: 210 reports
- Rheumatoid arthritis: 5,558 reports
- Rheumatoid spondylitis: 387 reports
- Sleep aid: 225 reports
- Sleep disorder: 300 reports
- Sleep disorder due to general medical condition, insomnia type: 300 reports
- Sleep disorder therapy: 300 reports
- Sleeping difficulty: 225 reports
- Spondylitis: 387 reports
- Stress: 545 reports
- Stress and anxiety: 545 reports
- Stroke: 139 reports
- Tension: 545 reports
- Thin bones: 4,725 reports
- Thrombosis: 292 reports
- Thyroid: 172 reports
- Thyroid diseases: 215 reports
- Thyroid disorder: 227 reports
- Transplant - kidney: 203 reports
- Type 2 diabetes: 437 reports
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: 437 reports
- Uc: 269 reports
- Ulcerative colitis: 269 reports
- Under active thyroid: 460 reports
- Underactive thyroid: 468 reports
- Vitamin supplementation: 199 reports
- Wakefulness: 222 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Impaired healing:
- Impaired healing (1,434 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on valacyclovir hydrochloride (the active ingredients of Valtrex) and Valtrex (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
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