Valtrex and Mood swings - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Mood swings is found among people who take Valtrex, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Valtrex and have Mood swings. 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, 127 people (0.39%) have Mood swings.
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 Mood swings?
Mood swings (an extreme or rapid change in mood) is found to be associated with 2,444 drugs and 1,961 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Valtrex and Mood swings reports submitted per year:

Time on Valtrex when people have Mood swings *:
Gender of people who have Mood swings when taking Valtrex*:
Age of people who have Mood swings when taking Valtrex *:
Common drugs people take besides Valtrex *:
Common side effects people have besides Mood swings *:
Common conditions people have *:
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Valtrex and have Mood swings?
Check whether Mood swings 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)
Mood swings treatments and more:
- Mood swings (64,009 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Mood swings:
- Mood swings in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Mood swings in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Mood swings in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
How severe was Mood swings and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of valacyclovir hydrochloride:
Common drugs associated with Mood swings:
- Abilify: 812 reports
- Accutane: 792 reports
- Acetaminophen: 159 reports
- Acetylsalicylic acid: 203 reports
- Actemra: 162 reports
- Actos: 102 reports
- Adderall: 533 reports
- Advair diskus 100/50: 170 reports
- Advair hfa: 132 reports
- Advil: 212 reports
- Afinitor: 128 reports
- Albuterol: 640 reports
- Albuterol sulfate: 118 reports
- Aleve: 160 reports
- Allegra: 202 reports
- Allopurinol: 169 reports
- Alprazolam: 457 reports
- Ambien: 601 reports
- Amitriptyline hydrochloride: 137 reports
- Amlodipine: 521 reports
- Amnesteem: 332 reports
- Amoxicillin: 282 reports
- Ampyra: 207 reports
- Androgel: 189 reports
- Arava: 153 reports
- Arimidex: 257 reports
- Aripiprazole: 279 reports
- Aspirin: 1,053 reports
- Atenolol: 400 reports
- Ativan: 641 reports
- Atorvastatin calcium: 106 reports
- Aubagio: 144 reports
- Avonex: 442 reports
- Baclofen: 326 reports
- Bactrim: 127 reports
- Benadryl: 406 reports
- Biotin: 118 reports
- Bupropion hydrochloride: 107 reports
- Buspar: 189 reports
- Calcium: 402 reports
- Carbamazepine: 230 reports
- Carvedilol: 130 reports
- Celebrex: 302 reports
- Celexa: 393 reports
- Chantix: 2,732 reports
- Cimzia: 137 reports
- Cipro: 124 reports
- Citalopram hydrobromide: 189 reports
- Claravis: 314 reports
- Clarithromycin: 126 reports
- Claritin: 320 reports
- Clonazepam: 1,128 reports
- Clonidine: 316 reports
- Clopra: 110 reports
- Clozapine: 126 reports
- Codeine: 183 reports
- Colace: 124 reports
- Concerta: 286 reports
- Copaxone: 103 reports
- Copegus: 196 reports
- Coreg: 104 reports
- Cosentyx: 159 reports
- Coumadin: 224 reports
- Crestor: 307 reports
- Cymbalta: 3,341 reports
- Darvocet: 108 reports
- Daytrana: 107 reports
- Depakote: 540 reports
- Depo-provera: 361 reports
- Detrol: 104 reports
- Dexamethasone: 146 reports
- Diazepam: 739 reports
- Digoxin: 118 reports
- Dilantin: 116 reports
- Dilaudid: 254 reports
- Diovan: 155 reports
- Doxycycline: 208 reports
- Duragesic: 128 reports
- Effexor: 958 reports
- Effexor xr: 429 reports
- Elavil: 135 reports
- Enbrel: 905 reports
- Escitalopram: 303 reports
- Famotidine: 117 reports
- Fentanyl: 154 reports
- Finasteride: 168 reports
- Fish oil: 428 reports
- Flexeril: 286 reports
- Flomax: 101 reports
- Flonase: 310 reports
- Flovent: 171 reports
- Fluconazole: 116 reports
- Fluoxetine: 625 reports
- Folic acid: 220 reports
- Forteo: 207 reports
- Fosamax: 174 reports
- Furosemide: 379 reports
- Gabapentin: 1,175 reports
- Genotropin: 132 reports
- Geodon: 203 reports
- Gilenya: 451 reports
- Glipizide: 106 reports
- Glucophage: 122 reports
- Haldol: 147 reports
- Humalog: 184 reports
- Humira: 1,065 reports
- Hydramine: 148 reports
- Hydrochlorothiazide: 385 reports
- Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen: 294 reports
- Hydroxyzine: 212 reports
- Ibrance: 165 reports
- Ibu: 843 reports
- Ibuprofen: 839 reports
- Imitrex: 103 reports
- Implanon: 351 reports
- Incivek: 148 reports
- Insulin: 109 reports
- Isotretinoin: 101 reports
- Januvia: 102 reports
- Keppra: 663 reports
- Klonopin: 722 reports
- Lamictal: 724 reports
- Lamotrigine: 612 reports
- Lansoprazole: 272 reports
- Lantus: 242 reports
- Lariam: 147 reports
- Lasix: 302 reports
- Latuda: 228 reports
- Leflunomide: 233 reports
- Letrozole: 120 reports
- Levaquin: 164 reports
- Levetiracetam: 530 reports
- Levothyroxine sodium: 327 reports
- Levoxyl: 103 reports
- Lexapro: 601 reports
- Lipitor: 517 reports
- Lisinopril: 846 reports
- Lithium carbonate: 195 reports
- Lopurin: 169 reports
- Loratadine: 200 reports
- Lorazepam: 714 reports
- Lortab: 251 reports
- Losartan: 274 reports
- Lupron: 1,126 reports
- Lupron depot: 919 reports
- Lyrica: 1,120 reports
- Magnesium: 339 reports
- Melatonin: 219 reports
- Meloxicam: 170 reports
- Metformin: 987 reports
- Methotrexate: 723 reports
- Methotrexate sodium: 160 reports
- Metoclopramide: 110 reports
- Metoprolol succinate: 103 reports
- Metoprolol tartrate: 164 reports
- Miralax: 263 reports
- Mirapex: 113 reports
- Mirena: 2,148 reports
- Mirtazapine: 500 reports
- Montelukast sodium: 135 reports
- Morphine: 418 reports
- Morphine sulfate: 194 reports
- Motrin: 207 reports
- Multivitamin: 437 reports
- Myorisan: 684 reports
- Naproxen: 266 reports
- Nasonex: 153 reports
- Neurontin: 675 reports
- Nexium: 472 reports
- Nexplanon: 1,016 reports
- Nicotine: 123 reports
- Nitroglycerin: 138 reports
- Norco: 227 reports
- Norplant: 448 reports
- Norvasc: 261 reports
- Nuplazid: 125 reports
- Nuvaring: 286 reports
- Nuvigil: 127 reports
- Ocrevus: 114 reports
- Olanzapine: 239 reports
- Omeprazole: 936 reports
- Ondansetron: 140 reports
- Opsumit: 112 reports
- Orencia: 125 reports
- Ortho evra: 216 reports
- Ortho tri-cyclen: 136 reports
- Otezla: 623 reports
- Oxycodone: 371 reports
- Oxycontin: 968 reports
- Pantoprazole: 553 reports
- Pantoprazole sodium: 138 reports
- Paracetamol: 325 reports
- Paroxetine: 972 reports
- Paroxetine hydrochloride: 221 reports
- Paxil: 1,339 reports
- Paxil cr: 198 reports
- Pegasys: 789 reports
- Peg-intron: 120 reports
- Pepcid: 150 reports
- Percocet: 432 reports
- Phenergan: 151 reports
- Plan b: 310 reports
- Plan b one-step: 289 reports
- Plaquenil: 196 reports
- Plavix: 218 reports
- Potassium: 107 reports
- Prednisolone: 239 reports
- Prednisone: 1,198 reports
- Pregabalin: 224 reports
- Premarin: 456 reports
- Prempro: 134 reports
- Prevacid: 277 reports
- Prilosec: 509 reports
- Pristiq: 168 reports
- Proair hfa: 150 reports
- Probiotic: 109 reports
- Profen: 841 reports
- Propecia: 154 reports
- Protonix: 241 reports
- Provera: 494 reports
- Provigil: 115 reports
- Prozac: 797 reports
- Quetiapine fumarate: 215 reports
- Ramipril: 205 reports
- Ranitidine: 271 reports
- Rebetol: 168 reports
- Rebif: 309 reports
- Remeron: 177 reports
- Remicade: 255 reports
- Revlimid: 284 reports
- Ribasphere: 192 reports
- Ribavirin: 773 reports
- Risperdal: 456 reports
- Risperidone: 295 reports
- Ritalin: 244 reports
- Rituxan: 166 reports
- Sandostatin: 248 reports
- Sandostatin lar: 219 reports
- Seroquel: 1,220 reports
- Seroquel xr: 186 reports
- Sertraline: 770 reports
- Sertraline hydrochloride: 136 reports
- Simponi: 102 reports
- Simvastatin: 621 reports
- Sinemet: 157 reports
- Singulair: 1,245 reports
- Soma: 171 reports
- Sotret: 132 reports
- Sovaldi: 119 reports
- Spiriva: 228 reports
- Spironolactone: 183 reports
- Strattera: 910 reports
- Suboxone: 175 reports
- Sulfasalazine: 283 reports
- Symbicort: 265 reports
- Synthroid: 866 reports
- Tamsulosin: 106 reports
- Tecfidera: 350 reports
- Tegretol: 253 reports
- Temaz: 212 reports
- Temazepam: 212 reports
- Topamax: 496 reports
- Topiramate: 286 reports
- Toprol-xl: 177 reports
- Tramadol: 955 reports
- Tramadol hydrochloride: 188 reports
- Trileptal: 231 reports
- Trintellix: 222 reports
- Tylenol: 580 reports
- Tysabri: 536 reports
- Ultram: 153 reports
- Valium: 381 reports
- Valproic acid: 161 reports
- Valtrex: 127 reports
- Ventolin: 240 reports
- Viagra: 103 reports
- Vicodin: 411 reports
- Victrelis: 130 reports
- Viekira pak: 119 reports
- Vimpat: 170 reports
- Vioxx: 227 reports
- Vistaril: 126 reports
- Vitamin b12: 351 reports
- Vitamin c: 259 reports
- Vitamin d: 751 reports
- Vitamin d3: 200 reports
- Vitamin e: 126 reports
- Vitamins: 416 reports
- Vivitrol: 205 reports
- Vx-950: 227 reports
- Vyvanse: 358 reports
- Wellbutrin: 1,002 reports
- Wellbutrin sr: 141 reports
- Wellbutrin xl: 191 reports
- Xanax: 1,036 reports
- Xeljanz: 325 reports
- Xolair: 187 reports
- Xtandi: 109 reports
- Xyrem: 304 reports
- Yasmin: 244 reports
- Yaz: 189 reports
- Zanaflex: 102 reports
- Zantac: 255 reports
- Zenatane: 202 reports
- Zide: 393 reports
- Zithromax: 111 reports
- Zocor: 260 reports
- Zofran: 221 reports
- Zoloft: 1,027 reports
- Zolpidem: 300 reports
- Zometa: 139 reports
- Zopiclone: 165 reports
- Zyban: 120 reports
- Zyprexa: 468 reports
- Zyrtec: 536 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Mood swings:
- Mood swings (2,444 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Mood swings:
- Acid reflux: 461 reports
- Acne: 1,167 reports
- Acne cystic: 223 reports
- Acne vulgaris: 1,121 reports
- Acupuncture and pain: 2,107 reports
- Acute sinusitis: 124 reports
- Add: 1,568 reports
- Adhd: 1,568 reports
- Adult hypothyroidism: 643 reports
- Affective disorder: 220 reports
- Agrypnia: 793 reports
- Alcoholism: 109 reports
- Allergic rhinitis: 104 reports
- Alternative medicine - pain relief: 2,696 reports
- Ankylosing spondylitis: 255 reports
- Antidepressant therapy: 4,732 reports
- Anxiety: 1,803 reports
- Anxiety and stress: 1,799 reports
- Anxiety, apprehension, feeling uptight, jitters, stress, stress and anxiety, tension: 1,799 reports
- Anxiety disorder: 129 reports
- Anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition: 129 reports
- Anxiolytic therapy: 1,799 reports
- Arthritis: 169 reports
- Arthritis - rheumatoid: 990 reports
- Asthma: 1,205 reports
- Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity: 1,568 reports
- Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (addh): 1,568 reports
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: 1,568 reports
- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: 1,154 reports
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd): 1,568 reports
- Back pain: 475 reports
- Back pain - nonspecific: 475 reports
- Biduoterian fever: 143 reports
- Bipolar: 1,131 reports
- Bi-polar: 1,131 reports
- Bipolar 1: 161 reports
- Bipolar disorder: 1,131 reports
- Bipolar i disorder: 161 reports
- Birth control: 3,460 reports
- Birth control and family planning: 3,460 reports
- Blackwater fever: 143 reports
- Blood cholesterol abnormal: 819 reports
- Blood cholesterol increased: 819 reports
- Blood pressure - high: 1,197 reports
- Blood pressure increased: 1,197 reports
- Blood pressure management: 155 reports
- Blood testosterone decreased: 133 reports
- Blood triglycerides abnormal: 819 reports
- Blood triglycerides increased: 819 reports
- Bone and joint pain: 161 reports
- Breast cancer: 374 reports
- Bronchial asthma: 1,195 reports
- Cancer - breast: 374 reports
- Cancer - prostate: 241 reports
- Can't sleep: 793 reports
- Carcinoma - ductal: 374 reports
- Carcinoma - lobular: 374 reports
- Cataplexy: 152 reports
- Cessation of smoking: 2,303 reports
- Chronic asthma: 1,195 reports
- Chronic obstructive airway disease: 147 reports
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 147 reports
- Cigarette smoking: 2,300 reports
- Constipation: 212 reports
- Contraception: 3,477 reports
- Convulsion: 199 reports
- Copd: 147 reports
- Crohns: 400 reports
- Crohn's disease: 400 reports
- Crohns disease: 400 reports
- Cystic acne: 1,121 reports
- Cystic fibrosis: 158 reports
- Cystitis: 103 reports
- Daytime sleep disorder: 308 reports
- Depression: 4,744 reports
- Depression aggravated: 4,744 reports
- Depression - major: 252 reports
- Diabetes: 545 reports
- Diabetes mellitus: 547 reports
- Diabetes mellitus management: 545 reports
- Diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependent: 178 reports
- Diabetes - type 2: 299 reports
- Diabetic type 2: 299 reports
- Dm: 545 reports
- Drug dependence: 154 reports
- Dyslipidemia: 819 reports
- Dyspepsia: 191 reports
- Dyssomnia: 793 reports
- Endometriosis: 847 reports
- Epilepsy: 656 reports
- Epilepsy aggravated: 656 reports
- Excessive sleepiness: 647 reports
- Exercise-induced asthma: 1,195 reports
- Falciparum malaria: 143 reports
- Familial primary pulmonary hypertension: 188 reports
- Family planning and contraception: 3,460 reports
- Fibromyalgia: 547 reports
- Fibromyalgia syndrome: 547 reports
- Fibrositis: 547 reports
- Frequent headaches: 268 reports
- Gad: 129 reports
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease: 461 reports
- Gastrooesophageal reflux disease: 461 reports
- Generalised anxiety disorder: 129 reports
- Generalized anxiety disorder: 129 reports
- Gerd: 461 reports
- Hallucination: 108 reports
- Hbp: 1,197 reports
- Headache: 269 reports
- Headaches: 268 reports
- Heartburn: 461 reports
- Heartburn - chronic: 461 reports
- Heavy or prolong menstrual bleeding: 200 reports
- Hepatitis c: 1,215 reports
- High blood cholesterol: 819 reports
- High blood cholesterol and triglycerides: 819 reports
- High blood pressure: 1,197 reports
- High cholesterol: 819 reports
- Hiv: 157 reports
- Hiv infection: 157 reports
- Hormone replacement therapy: 289 reports
- Hormone therapy: 289 reports
- Hot flashes: 125 reports
- Hot flush: 125 reports
- Hrt: 289 reports
- Hypercholesterolaemia: 819 reports
- Hypercholesterolemia: 819 reports
- Hyperlipidemia: 819 reports
- Hypersensitivity: 397 reports
- Hypertension: 1,198 reports
- Hypothyroid: 643 reports
- Hypothyroidism: 643 reports
- Hypothyroids: 643 reports
- Ileitis: 400 reports
- Ill-defined disorder: 169 reports
- Indigestion: 191 reports
- Inflammatory bowel disease - crohn's disease: 400 reports
- Insomnia: 793 reports
- Insomnia concerns: 793 reports
- Insomnolence: 793 reports
- Jitters: 1,799 reports
- Joint pain: 161 reports
- Lipid disorders: 819 reports
- Lipoprotein test: 819 reports
- Lower cholesterol: 623 reports
- Low thyroid: 643 reports
- Major depression: 252 reports
- Major depressive disorder: 254 reports
- Malaria: 143 reports
- Menopause: 115 reports
- Menorrhagia: 200 reports
- Mental disorder: 133 reports
- Migraine: 605 reports
- Migraines: 601 reports
- Mood altered: 292 reports
- Mood stabilizer: 265 reports
- Mood swings: 245 reports
- Ms: 2,106 reports
- Ms hug: 2,106 reports
- Multiple allergies: 242 reports
- Multiple myeloma: 381 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 2,106 reports
- Muscle spasm: 298 reports
- Muscle spasms: 298 reports
- Myofascial pain syndrome: 547 reports
- Narcolepsy: 308 reports
- Nausea: 200 reports
- Nerve pain: 401 reports
- Neuralgia: 401 reports
- Neuropathy peripheral: 251 reports
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder: 128 reports
- Ocd: 128 reports
- Osteoporosis: 379 reports
- Pain: 2,708 reports
- Pain - head: 268 reports
- Pain in extremity: 118 reports
- Pain management: 2,696 reports
- Pain relief by acupuncture: 2,696 reports
- Panic attack: 322 reports
- Panic attacks: 322 reports
- Panic disorder: 323 reports
- Parkinson: 123 reports
- Parkinson's disease: 451 reports
- Peptic esophagitis: 461 reports
- Periodic limb movement disorder: 132 reports
- Pimples: 1,121 reports
- Plasma cell myeloma: 381 reports
- Plasmacytoma of bone: 381 reports
- Plasmodium: 143 reports
- Post traumatic stress disorder: 231 reports
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: 209 reports
- Pregnancy: 3,460 reports
- Preventive health care: 202 reports
- Primary pulmonary hypertension: 188 reports
- Prostate cancer: 241 reports
- Psoriasis: 661 reports
- Psoriatic arthropathy: 408 reports
- Psychotic disorder: 197 reports
- Ptsd: 231 reports
- Quartan malaria: 143 reports
- Quit smoking: 2,303 reports
- Ra: 990 reports
- Reflux: 461 reports
- Regional enteritis: 400 reports
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: 256 reports
- Restless legs: 132 reports
- Restless leg syndrome: 132 reports
- Rheumatoid arthritis: 990 reports
- Schizoaffective disorder: 101 reports
- Schizophrenia: 378 reports
- Seasonal allergy: 210 reports
- Seizure: 445 reports
- Seizure control: 430 reports
- Seizure disorder: 653 reports
- Seizures: 430 reports
- Sinus infection: 124 reports
- Sinusitis: 125 reports
- Sleep aid: 793 reports
- Sleep disorder: 649 reports
- Sleep disorder due to a general medical condition: 647 reports
- Sleep disorder due to general medical condition, insomnia type: 647 reports
- Sleep disorder therapy: 647 reports
- Sleeping: 793 reports
- Sleep issues: 793 reports
- Sleeplessness: 793 reports
- Sleep - too much: 647 reports
- Smoker: 2,303 reports
- Smoking and smokeless tobacco: 2,303 reports
- Smoking cessation: 2,303 reports
- Smoking cessation therapy: 2,303 reports
- Spondylarthropathy: 255 reports
- Spondylitis: 255 reports
- Stomach upset: 191 reports
- Stop smoking: 2,303 reports
- Stress: 1,799 reports
- Stress and anxiety: 1,799 reports
- Tension: 1,799 reports
- Tertian malaria: 143 reports
- Thyroid: 148 reports
- Thyroid diseases: 196 reports
- Thyroid disorder: 196 reports
- Thyroide: 196 reports
- Thyroid function tests: 102 reports
- Tobacco abuse: 2,303 reports
- Tobacco user: 2,303 reports
- Type 2 diabetes: 299 reports
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: 299 reports
- Uc: 118 reports
- Ulcerative colitis: 118 reports
- Uncomfortable fullness after meals: 191 reports
- Under active thyroid: 643 reports
- Underactive thyroid: 643 reports
- Under active thyroids: 643 reports
- Urinary tract infection: 103 reports
- Uterine leiomyoma: 141 reports
- Uti: 103 reports
- Wakefulness: 793 reports
- Zits: 1,121 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Mood swings:
- Mood swings (1,961 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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