A nationwide trial is underway for a vaccine to prevent herpes infections. Approximately one out of four women in the United States has genital herpes. Symptoms are often subtle, and most people don’t know they have herpes, but genital herpes is among the most common infectious diseases. Healthy women aged 18-30 may be eligible to participate in the trial. From the Mount Sinai School of Medicine :New vaccine for herpes in final trial phase
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is seeking healthy women volunteers 18-30 to participate in Multi-Center, national trial
Approximately ONE out of FOUR women in the United States has genital herpes. Symptoms are often subtle, and most people don’t know they have herpes, but genital herpes is among the most common infectious diseases. This is why Mount Sinai School of Medicine has joined with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in the Herpevac Trial for Women. Healthy women aged 18-30 may be eligible to participate in the trial.
The herpes virus causes cold sores and genital herpes. Although thousands or millions of Americans have the disease, 90% are unaware of this infection. Even people who do not have visible symptoms can spread the disease. The disease burden is estimated at between $300 million to $1 billion per year in the US alone. There is no treatment that can eliminate the virus.
The Herpevac Trial for Women is investigating a promising vaccine to protect women against genital herpes. This vaccine does not contain live virus and cannot cause herpes infection. It has passed preliminary testing for safety and effectiveness and is now in its final phase of clinical trials.
For this study, Mount Sinai and the more than 20 other sites involved in the trail are seeking to enroll approximately 7,550 women. The Herpevac Trial for Women is open to healthy females between the ages of 18 and 30 who are negative for both HSV-1 and HSV-2.
Women who are interested in volunteering for the clinical trial will receive a very accurate blood test that looks for antibodies (the immune system’s response) to both HSV-1 and HSV-2. Participants can obtain results of the test by calling the Herpevac Trial for Women Test Result Hotline two weeks after having the blood drawn. In addition to providing results, this Hotline has trained counselors to answer questions about the test and test results so that women who test positive for herpes can understand what this means to them.
Volunteers will be randomly assigned to receive either the candidate herpes vaccine or and an investigational hepatitis A vaccine. Participants will receive three doses of either vaccine within the first six months of the trial and will be followed for a total of 20 months through periodic clinic visits and contacts.
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Hi, I am so glad to hear that people love themselves and have chosen not to let this virus define who they really are. I was diagnosed 2 years ago and the only thing keeping me going is that I am positive that a cure is just around the corner. It is hard emotionally to know that there is nothing out there that can cure you right now. And I do feel that not enough is being done to bring this to the forefront. I guess the statistics are not alarming enough to get officials off their butts to do something about it. Anyway, keep the faith, stay in prayer and remember that we are wonderful people that deserve a chance at a wonderful life.
I just got my diagnosis today but i was pretty dumb about mine. I was accepting and was engaged to a man who had HSV-2. We wer very careful but yea I still got i. I went to get tested 2 weeks ago when we broke up & now I have the memory of him..forever. I think it does suck that there are people out there with HSV-1 who are so careless and don’t even bother telling partners about it and then here we are with HSV-2 tryig to figure out the BEST possible way to break the news…I dont know. I’ve been thinking about dying alone with dogs all day or my other option going back to him & settling unhappily but damn it i don’t want to. I want my old perky self back…i’d almost rather die alone than have to tell a guy i have HSV-2 and then only have him reject me.
Thanks for your post, your words fill me with hope. I am 21 and contracted hsv-2 via condom use from my lying, (now ex) boyfriend. I haven’t been involved with anyone since these past 8 months and I am afraid to. But your post gives me some courage and faith that this is not it for me and I can one day enter a relationship and receive love. Sorry abt how you contracted the virus but I’m happy to see you’ve moved past it. Thanx again for the story.
I have had herpes for 7 years,I contracted it on my 18th birthday after being date raped. I agree there’s a lot depressing storys out there,or a lot of ppl. Who think it’s god’s will,personally I’m an atheist and find no comfort in tht,nor did it do me any good to read depressing stories being 18 and scared,confussed and ashamed.I wanted to know how any one could ever love me and how do I tell them.Well suprisingly few ppl. Were put off by me having herpes,I’ve been on acylovir for 7 years so that’s done a great job of supressing it,I’ve used condoms outside of the 2 major relationships I’ve had,I’ve always been honest about it and its usualy met with an attitude of ‘its not a big deal’ but there were a few that never talked to me again,but it wasn’t that great of a loss,I moved on.I’m ingaged to the most amazing man,I told him after our first date and a month of talking on the phone for hours each night- I honeslty believed he would be one of those guys who went running the other direction.But he didn’t.He was non judgmental,did research on it to better understand and insisted on using condoms for the 1st month we dated.We fell in love fast and he trusted me that the medication had prevented me from having an outbreak for nearly 6 yrs and we stopped using condoms.Its been over a year and he’s never had symptoms and has tested negative.We both prefer he never get it and I will remain on my medication,however if it happens he seems to have reconciled himself to accepting it-which as I previously stated is suprising to me for someone that is atheletic,eats healthy and has never done a drug or smoked in his life,but it goes to show you its possible to find someone who can love you and live with it too.I also didn’t lower my standards or compromise,he’s very educated,very sucessful,very attractive,has the same sense of humor as me,spoils me and treats me like a princess, shares the same political and philosophical views as me, respects me,supports me in all my endevaors and is absolutely faithful,honest and true.I never could have pictured myself where Iam and who I’m with when I found out I had hsv-2,I thought I would never be good enough for the kind of man I wanted……but I did,so there’s hope for others too.I hope this helps someone,this is the first time I’ve ever done something like this,my best friend was diagnosed with hsv and I’m loking for helpful sights for her, I hope she reads this and trusts me that its not the end of the world,she’s still worthy of love and even one night stands provided she’s honest and safe.
My story and I hope it helps someone. I received herpes when I was 18 from a guy who raped me. I was new to college and he became a close friend of mine (so I thought) for about five months. I got Mononucleosis at some point toward the end of our friendship and I was extremely sick. I called my parents to come get me after I barely could pick up the phone and they were not at home. I called him and he told me to come over there and stay with him, didn’t seem odd, I was young and he seemed like a nice guy. So I gathered all the strength I had and drove to his place. I immediately laid down and he brought me some soup. Once again, didn’t seem odd, he was a friend to me and I had three older brothers and a father. So I knew that men could care. I ate the soup and went to sleep, hard. I woke up to him raping me. I tried to fight but that was it. It was too late. I tried to leave but he was angry and told me I wasn’t better than him. I cursed and cried like I had never before. Needless to say, he told me I wasn’t better than him and that he had herpes but not to worry because if I did get it. He would be there for me (I now look back and think he must have been truly crazy but at 18, you don’t recognize these things). Somehow I was able to leave. I drove home after that and never told my parents. I wish I would have drove home before that, everyday living in the past of this experience is a nightmare. I went to the doctor about a week later for what was later diagnosed as MONO (Epson Barr), the sickness I had when I was rape and they told me that I did not have any STD from the rape. Three weeks later I went for the SYMPTOM (herpes bump) and was told that is was not herpes. It sounds stupid but I never told anyone about the rape. I blamed myself for “leading” this guy on. I mean who goes over to someone’s house or at least that’s what I was taught about women who get raped. “They deseve it.” I also never told because I felt I could get past the rape and I didn’t have a disease (so I thought). I was just so thankful I didn’t have a disease at the time. 10 years later and only 2 ex boyfriends (both officers), of which don’t have the disease, I found out from the military that I do have herpes type 2 after going for THE OFFICER’S PHYSICAL (I AM A RESERVIST, was thinking about going active). So I know now the SYMPTOM I had after the rape was herpes. I have NEVER had another symptom. I do take really good care of myself and that may be why. All I know is that I thank God that I don’t have to see the disease manifesting on my body and I am truly sorry to those who do. It’s not fair either way and I pray that GOD will step in for all of us and answer our prayers. I have had to do a lot of spiritual soul searching and I live my life knowing GOD will take care of me and ALL THINGS WORK TO THE GOOD. I just found out in Dec of ’09. I am still wavering because I don’t want my military officer packet diclosing an STD. So I am thinking about getting out of the military. I am still dealing with the shame, people see STD and not the truth. I also feel like GOD may not want me to be in the military. All I know is that I have to TRUST in GOD because to try and rationalize my life story is just too much. Thoughts of suicide and knowing that a selfish person, who didn’t know GOD, has stolen my dream, are enough to cause detriment in anyone’s life. I mean ten years later and wham!!! The hurt of rape, the loss of self(God’s is rebuilding now) and the shear shame of having that in my MEDICAL RECORDS, permanently. I have to believe because I wouldn’t be here. I HOPE I can one day be an inspiration to other young ladies because I KNOW there are countless women out there who have had their lives taken away from them because of some guy’s selfish agenda. I KNOW there are others who have gone through RAPE and STD’s, something people don’t talk about. I am currently submitting applications for Grad school (maybe the direction God wants me) and going taking a really great job in DC. I am just living each day knowing that GOD has a purpose for my life and for everyone life. IT’S up to us to TRUST, BELIEVE and LET GO AND LET GOD take over. Now I could be bitter but I choose to forgive, as I would want to be forgiven for anything I could have done wrong. Seems like apples and oranges to some but I EXPECET A MIRACLE and I EXPECT GOD to DO HIS WILL IN MY LIFE. I pray for everyone who is going through some bitterness and anger. LET GO AND LET GOD heal your pain and do something greater than what has been sent to try and destroy you.
AND YES, I am ASYMPTOMATIC FOR 9 yrs and 9 months. For millions this seems to be the case. TO GOD BE THE GLORY, no matter what!!!
I know that it is difficult but you are all beautiful and nothing can take that away. stop getting depressed when reading all the info. It’s life, people suffer with all kinds of ailments, some life threatning. Stop worrying, have regular health checks, which everyone should do anyway. live your life and be honest its nothing to be ashamed of.
i believe you are barking up the rite tree…because its impossible their isnt a cure yet..i believe its some money making scheme….2 keep people living of there drugs so they never go poor and i find its not fair we live in world thats so corrupted by greed,that no one has seem to come up with a solution…….god help us all
Well said
I think something needs to be done & soon! this has gone on long enough now. researchers have been searching for a cure for herpes for yrs & im sure its been found by now jus haven’t been made public. trust me many ppl say that doctors don’t want to find a cure because $ would be lost being that the treatments & supressors would no longer be needed, but no I do not think $ would be lost, I thnk this would give ppl their lives back & make them happy once again. there are many sufferes out there & I think I speak for all of them when I say something needs to change.
Is there anyone that does not show symptoms or very mild symptoms and is HSV2+? I always included HSV2 on annual visits and this past visit it was+ by western blot so I know I’m +. I did go through a tough time after finding out but now 3 months post I have come 2 terms but I still have my moments of panic just knowing. But I guess what I’m asking is all I read is what people post when they are really bad emotionally due 2 really bad physical outbreaks. I just would like 2 hear other people’s story….telling partner(s) ect….I wish there was a cure but I predict that it will be no time soon. these articles I find on vaccines are so outdated its scary.
I believe all things are possible thru prayer,and one day we will all be healed. god has his reasons for takings everyone thru such obstacles and I can feel it in my heart that a cure for this disease is more closer than everyone thinks it to be. its a lot on you, stress wise and stress kills, I just had to tell myself that you have it, it doesn’t have you. you can’t stop livin your life because of this on mishap. I like to read everyone’s blog on this subject, what they have to say is very interesting. if anyone needs someone to talk to because I know I do some days, i’m willing to listen so to contact me my email is
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I look 4wd to hearing from some of you guys, & just for inspiration there’s a website I found, google Dr. Bryan Cullen & click on the 1st link & there’s information that will be helpful to everyone on this blog site…hope i’ve helped some of you guys. god bless & take care.
I too have herpes ….but I once seen a woman at my old church with HIV ….after being prayed for over and over she went to her doctor and was tested again …..and like oh my god she didn’t have anything .I didn’t believe it at first , but when she showed the church her HIV positive papers and her HIV negative papers I was shocked.she went back to the doctors and each test said negative …..that was 4 years ago and sis Jennifer is doin fine .I will go to church and pray till I am healed ..and continue to pray foreva
OMG I REALLY LIKED WHAT YU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS SITUATION,BEING THAT I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU. ITS DEFINITELY NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH & EACH DAY GETS SO MUCH HARDER THEN THE DAY BEFORE. I AS WELL SEARCH THE WEB LOOKIN FOR A CURE. THIS REALLY DESTROYS A PERSON EMOTIONALLY,I HAVE FELT SO DEPRESSED @ TIMES THAT NOTHING OR NO ONE COULD HELP ME.& THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WISH ON ANYONE,I FEEL LIKE YU…THAT THERE’S A CURE OUT THERE JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND.& I WILL BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON ALIVE IF I COULD JUST HAVE MY LIFE BACK.
Hey anonymous with a long manifesto!
I have loved your input especially your statistical one!!
I have agreed with everything you have said. I think I am going to save your input into my computer!
Regarding the transmission rates- you are right- they are small but higher {according to pharmaceutical studies} to ones you said. Even those official ones- 10% {5-7% from a woman to man} I did not consider that high considering how ‘contagious’ the virus is. One dr. said its 3 %!!!!!!
I believe it is not known.
Let me tell you everyone. I would not mind getting this from a person I love and have future with. I would never choose NOT to have HSV2 before my loved boyfriend. EVER. This has been the case until I have broken up with him.
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Wow wow wow was in regards 2 maifesto’s thoughts
Although the numbers you posted are correct….I happened 2 fall into that 1% that contracted HSV 2 from one time encounter using condom! 1%!!!!!!!!!It is my worst nightmare come true! I am at 29 year old educated woman who does not lack self esteem or am crippled by it, and since I was HSV 1+ already makes that 1% a bigger bitch! I know I can’t blame anyone but myself but its sux if the guy I was with knew and thought like you think and did not give me the choice 2 become that freaking 1% statistic. As a woman it is different, it is more sympomatic for a woman (more mucosal membranes down there) and we are the ones who have 2 carry and deliver children and worry for 9 months till birth of a baby! I have not even had children yet! AND if that wasn’t enough there is “ONLY” a 3% chance an infant can contract HSV from a vaginal delivery from a mom who does not show signs of outbreak! 3% chance!!!!DID I NOT MAKE MYSELF CLEAR when I said I was the 1% statistic!!!Do you even think a woman in my situation can take that chance? NEVER! So with all that said, you SHOULD give women that choice! No sex is worth having to deal with this and you are worried about “social suicide”!? You are in denial that you have it then because you are not symptomatic and the severity of it…”Because it does not kill you!”? It kills your spirt, drains your wallet, and changes your life forever! Get a clue. Wait till you meet your wife and have to deal with watching her deal with outbreaks and worrying about your unborn child! Not so causal of a thought then is it!?
Hi,
If you want to donate, you have at least 3 options:
Dr. Knipe – HSV2 VACCINE
Dr. Bloom – Treatment for HSV1 and HSV2 to make virus inactive
Dr. Bryan Cullen – Treatment to eliminate HSV’s ability to hide in latency in the nervous system and avoid being killed with current treatments
I managed to make my donation to two of these researches. Couldn’t do to Knipe because, they didn’t accept foreign credit cards.
Check the thread in the Herpes_Coldsores forum(www.herpes-coldsores.com), which is a great place to obtain information, and also to just chat with people that are experience the same as you.
http://www.herpes-coldsores.com/messageforum/showthread.php?t=22739
Hope this help you.
Atila
when did they come out with the generic valtrex? i am 32 weeks pregnant and my insurance company was paying for valtrex up untill this month! now they want me to get generic and i been on it for 7 days and its either not working as good as the name brand or i just happened to have cold sore outbreaks that caused me to have a genital outbreak and its making me think the generic is GENERIC. i have hsv-1 and i stupidly let it spread to my mouth im an idiot!! that just happened while i was pregnant so i am still beating myself up about it and the outbreaks only started to go away right before they made me switch to freaking generic and now they are back!! i am working on finding out the ingredients in the generic today to compare the two. they are bigger then the regular valtrex. ever since i spread it to my mouth they havent stopped for over a month now untill i was taking my valtrex 500mg twice a day then they switched me to generic and the second day on generic i had cold sore outbreak and then the next i had a genital outbreak. UGH. im hoping just because i am pregnant. the valtrex use to work great before i got pregnant.
@I know how everyone feels,
Please don’t be afraid to tell a future partner that you are HSV2 positive. And don’t stay with a current partner if you are unhappy but comfortable that he knows your status.
I have had to tell over 5 people in the last 20 years. Some I had known for years and others only a few weeks. In every instance, it was OK. And now I have been with my husband for over eight years, and he does not have it. Also, we don’t take any special precautions (no condoms, no medication) except to avoid sexual contact when I have an outbreak or feel one coming.
I am so sorry that you are so young and having to deal with this. I was 17 when I was diagnosed, so I understand.
You can find my at my blog:
http://theherpesblog.com
HI THERE, I SEE YOUVE PUT ALOT OF THOUGHT AND ENERGY INTO YOUR STATEMENT ABOVE. i WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAAR TO YOU THAT AS A 26YR OLD PREVIOUSLY SUPER HEALTHY PERSON HAVING TRUSTED A FRIEND OF TEN YEARS THAT I SPECIFICALLY QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS STATUS, I CAN TELL YOU THIS…I S U F F E R EVERY SINGLE DAY SEVERLY…FROM EXTREME FATIGUE…DEPRESSION…SORENESS IN EYES…NOW YOU CAN CLEARLY VISUALLY SEE SICKNESS UNDER MY EYES THE KIND YOU ASK YOURSELF HOW DO PEOPLE THIS YOUNG GET TO LOOKING SO STRUNG! IT IS YOUR DUTY TO CARE FOR OTHERS AS SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE CARED FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR YOU…IT IS NOT JUST A MINOR BOTHER IT IS A FRECKING SICKNESS…TO KNOW WHAT IVE BEEN THROUGH I WOULD NEVER IMAGINE GIVING THIS TO A N Y O N E ….FOR ANY REASON…IT TOO MUCH OF A DIS- EASE…ITS DOWN RIGHT A THEIF OF LIFE….I CAN ONLY PRAY YOUR SYMPTOMS GET WORSE SO THAT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY THE RISK YOU ARE PUTTING OTHERS IN….WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE! NOT EVERYBODYS THE SAME WHAT YOU PUT OFF AS NOTHING COULD MEAN EVERYTHING TO SOMEONE ELSE! EVERY HEARD ATLEAST YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HEALTH WELL YOUR CONCEALING SOMETHING THT COULD VERY WELL KEEP THEM FROM EVEN BEING ABLE TO STATE THAT MUCH! I PRAY YOU HEAR ME CAUSE I FEEL FOR THE PERSON YOU ARE NOT BEING HONEST WITH…
Hi, I’m Angela and you are just a amazing person with good hopes and great thoughts and should be awarded for giving your opinion. I truly believe people who are infected should live there lives normally. I have both HSV 1 and HSV 2. I’m the same person with or without this disease it doesn’t control me. I don’t get symtoms I’m very careful but the sick thing is my ex bf didn’t have it and i found out i had it when i went to the doctors and i was currently still with my ex and thought he gave it to me but he didn’t but i didn’t test myself before i was with him so it couldv’e been my ex bf before him but anyway we kissed alot i didn’t have any breakouts on my face and he didn’t contract the disease i don’t get it do you get from someone who has a sore on there face or people without sores on there face because obvisously my ex didn’t get it so are they telling the truth about people still contracting this disease even without symtoms. Manifesto i believe in everything you have said. You helped me so much. You don’t even know. hope we can keep in contact you are someone who has alot of knowledge.
This original article was published in 2004 and quite a lot has changed since then. While there is still no vaccine for genital herpes, there are vaccines in clinical trials now in 2009. Thankfully two vaccines are being tested: A phophylactic vaccine, designed to protect those that are HSV2 negative from contracting herpes, and a therapeutic vaccine, a treatment for those of us that are already HSV2 positive.
While we wait for these vaccines (and it could be years), we still have many treatment options available to us. Generic Valtrex is now available and is quite effective at viral suppression, and there are many, many immune boosting and natural treatments coming to market every day.
Herpes does not define you and in no way makes you damaged. Stay positive and keep educated on what is going on with herpes treatments. Don’t be afraid to seek out a new Doctor if you current doctor is unsupportive or lacks current herpes knowledge. Take care.
http://www.herpes-outbreak.com
Er, wait, does that other date say 2004? Oh well.
Sorry to burst your hope on this. But this article was first posted in 2007. I’m in the same boat as everyone else writing here. But this isn’t the venue to get your voices heard.
There are worse things in the world to have than cold sores HSV-1. To this point in my life its not killing me but, I often feel like it is. I’m 30 years old now and I have had it as long as I can remember. Growing up, I maybe got an outbreak once a year to everyother year. Since I’ve graduated college and with life and stress I’ve been getting an outbreak 3-4 times a year. I feel that the old one gets typically we get more self-esteem however, I feel like I get a nice kick in the pants everytime I get an outbreak. I can live with the day to day stress of life but I’d rather not wake up every morning doing a self check to make sure I don’t have bumps forming followed by a week to 2 weeks of semi-depression. I tired of playing the guessing game hmmm is this a tingle or an itch do I have to make a mad dash to the doc for some valtrex ohhh too late see you in a week or two… Well all I can say is best of luck to Dr. Cullen I really hope you find the cure!!!!
YES I WOULD LIKE TO BE A GUINEA PIG FOR THIS ALSO IM 17 AND I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH HSV-1 I WOULD LOVE TO HELP FIND A CURE THERE IS ALREADY A CURE FOR HIV SO WHY CANT WE HAVE OURS
I know you’re scared, but your life is not over. I’ve had herpes for about 1 and 1/2 years now. I am 21 years old, and the person who gave it to me was my first boyfriend. We had been together for 6 years. He cheated on me and when I got the virus he showed NO SYMPTOMS. I am now engaged to a wonderful guy who also has the virus(not the person who gave it to me). Right now, you’re hurting, right now, you feel like you’ll never feel attractive again. You feel like a leper, and that is part of the process. In time, you will come to terms with this and realize that your life is still beautiful, and that there are WORSE things that could have happened. If you want to look around and see others who share this experience, try positivesingles.com. This is not a spam commerical, this site is where I met my fiancee, and I can’t promise that for you, but I can at least promise that you will feel better seeing the HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of people who will try to talk to you, and you’ll see that you can have a normal life. Your symptoms will fade. True, you’ll always have the virus and you’ll always be contagious, but you will not be in pain forever. My first outbreak caused me to miscarry, and it was the worst experience I have ever gone through. But I am okay now, and you will be too. No te preocupes. Todo va a salir bien.
wow
i def.. with well everything you said…
my friend, i just found out i have herpes (both of them) i feel so so bad, so depressed, i just can’t stop thinking about it, i can’t sleep nor eat, i really think my sexual life is over, and i’m 26. im from mexico by the way, i got herpes in canada, i thought you have to touch the open sore to get it. i pray to God for a cure, and i really think we should start a movement or something i could start it in mexico, we could make groups of people with this virus, and get some money and pay to someone to do something, at least we can try. you guys can add me at zilgfried at hot mail
I just came across this post on the Times website from January ’08. It talks about how they have figured out that microRNA blocks the production of proteins that activate the infection/outbreak. And they can retrieve mircoRNA out of LAT (latency associated transcript) RNA (from the latent stage of HSV-1). It states that Dr Bryan Cullen believes that using microRNA to activate the virus & then apply acyclovir can possibly completely kill out the virus. There are no fatal side-effects. So where do I sign up for the guinea pig position?
I mean, this is from January ’08 and I cant find anywhere stating this is one of the failed attempts that are metioned in this post..so what is the progress on this?? Does anyone know, I mean it sounds amazingly too good to be true, but you can test it on me!
Vaccines are not effective for any of us that already have HSV. You will note that the study was only looking for participants that test NEGATIVE for HSV1 and HSV2. You cannot volunteer for the study if you already have herpes, and any successful vaccine will not provide any benefit for you. (or me!)
Also, herpes and pregnancy is not as contentious an issue as the media would like it to be. I have HSV2 (20 years now) and have had two vaginal births with zero complications. Neither of my doctors was at any time overly concerned that I was positive for HSV2.
Anti-viral medication (ie: Valtrex) can be taken for several weeks before delivery, and should an outbreak occur, a C-section can be performed.
I know it’s hard but herpes needs to be compartmentalized in your life. You are not herpes, and herpes does not define you. It can be such a small irritating part of your life, and not a curse or something that victimizes you. Hang in there!
http://www.theherpesblog.com
We all want to be CURED of this virus. Realizing that anyone really wants to help in the cure is BULLSHIT! No one cares except those of us who are infected. And for those of us who are infected, do we have the means to do our own scientific research? WHY WOULD ANYONE WHO HAS A CONSCIENCE WANT ANYONE ELSE TO LIVE WITH ANY KIND OF VIRUS? IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WAS A BRAIN AND A HEART AND HAS A DRIVE TO RESOLVE THIS, PLEASE STEP UP AND HELP THOSE OF US WHO ARE SUFFERING! I am in a relationship but dealing with this issue is depressing. My boyfriend is completely understanding of my situation, but that doesn’t help the fact that I am a 25 year old woman dealing with a virus my ex gave to me. This is frustrating especially when my boyfriend and I use protection all the time…but would do we do when the condom f***ing breaks as it did recently!!!!!?????? WTF?????? Now, not only am I stressed about myself, but now I am so ashamed that now my boyfriend may contract it as well. No, I did not have an outbreak during this mishap…but that still doesn’t mean it can’t be passed. Blah blah blah…it’s so common, that doesn’t mean shit to the people who have it, because we are the ones who have to live with it. Those who don’t have it could care less to know about it that is until they are threatened with the fact that they may have it. REALLY!!!!! Is it humane to allow those of us who are infected to stay infected? Stop giving us shit to suppress it, give us something to cure it! Those of us who are responsible and contracted it because of the irresponsibility of an ex for whom we instilled our trust in, should not have to suffer with this. IF THERE IS ANY TEAM OF RESEARCHERS OUT THERE AND/OR DOCTORS WHO ARE READING THIS, PLEASE HELP US! WE WILL SEND IN YOGURT TOPS TOO IF IT WILL HELP IN THE PRODUCTION OF A CURE! (BTW: I am totally not down-playing the research of any other hardship out there, but we would like help too!)
Thank you for all of those out there who took the time to read this. I am tired of being frustrated and depressed about this. Our significant others should not have to be put at risk for contraction of this virus, regardless if they are understanding of out situation. I appreciate my boyfriend all that much more for accepting me for me, but he still should not have to worry about this…as I do.
PLEASE HELP!
I also stumbled upon this website as I was looking for information on a cure or even a vaccine. I am only 16 years old and im just hoping they come out with one before im in my mid 20s I’ve been with my boyfreind for 2 years and I sometimes I feel as if no matter what happens in our relationship I will never be able to leave him because I do not want to ever have to tell a partner about this, in my future who will ever love me knowing I have this…I’ve only had 1 sexual partner and I do beleave my boyfreind did not know he had it. I donot wish this on anyone but it gets me so mad that there are so many other people I kno who have had so many more sexual partners then me, but im the one who gets a desease that will never go away…I can’t take it anymore and sometimes I wonder if I would still be with my boyfreind if I didn’t have hsv
I also agree that I wish I had it on my lip rather then genital herpes…and the odd part is I have the hsv that is more commonly on the lip rather then in the genital area…if any of us had hsv on our lip then would we never kiss anyone again? Or never share a glass of water with a freind or boyfreind/girlfreind?…I know I would kiss again so why not do the other stuff because of the same desease…why do bad things always happen to good people?=[…please someone help…I beleave everyone should get together and start up 1 large organization in order to help people get tested more regularly and help get money in order to find a cure, instead of complaining and feeling bad for ourselves just as with hiv and brest cancer awareness we need to make our cause just as popular…and since there are so many more of us then hiv or cancer patients our needs should b LOUDER!
i was jus told i have hsv 1 and 2 -which couldnt have come at a worse time – i was just asked by someone i believe im in love with to move to another country and i had to tell them i have this – and now i believe its over – im scared and angry but such is life – i found out thru blood work as ive had no reason to believe i had anything……
You cannot understand how sick and tired I am of reading all these “I’ve been diagnosed 3 years ago and since then my live was a hell” type of posts online every time I search for some medical information related to HSV. All those people posting things like “it is your ethical responsibility to tell…!” or “if you were exposed you ARE infected!” just drive me insane. I know it’s old like world but let me tell you my story.
I am 26 y.o. male. Was diagnosed with HSV2 two years ago absolutely randomly. Back then I was in the long term relationship which lasted for 3.5 years and ended only recently due to not herpes related matter. My ex’s test also came positive. I had no idea where it came from as I did not cheat and I don’t think she did either. Neither of us has ever had outbreaks.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Same good old story of every herpes diagnosis when there are no outbreaks involved. The fun starts once you, trying to be responsible and educated, you ask your doctor: “What do you mean I’ve been exposed? Am I infected? Do I actually have the virus in my body?”. Doctor usually sighs and says something like: “Since you have never had an outbreak, we can’t really tell if you have an active HSV2 virus. This test states that once upon a time your body encountered it and released antibodies. Whether they killed off the virus or not – test doesn’t show it.” Sometimes doctor can also add: “But you should CONSIDER yourself infected.” If you really like to annoy your PCP – you may also ask if there is a treatment, what should you do now, is there a way to at least not be contagious. The response usually is: “There is no treatment, there is nothing you could do except to avoid sexual contacts during outbreaks should they occur, no – I don’t think you need daily suppressive therapy.” And off you go…
So here is the problem: the only thing I know is that I have antibodies for HSV2 virus. I have never had an outbreak so I don’t even know where would it appear. I know that most likely it would be on my genitals, but still – it’s something good to be certain about don’t you think? Also I don’t know if and how contagious I am. Some studies and bunch of bloggers suggest that yes, I am and very much so, however, there is no data on what would be the probability of me shading the virus asymptomatically and passing it to another person during sexual contact.
As far as available information is concern, I mainly see two things related to herpes: #1 – transmission studies done by pharma companies that give SOME interesting information on transmission rates with and without a drug, with and without use of condom, etc, and #2 – bunch of people posting how depressed they are about their newly discovered condition along with public health advocates who pretty much suggest that once you have herpes – you should forget about having normal social life and tell everyone in 5 miles radius that you have this “terrible and extremely contagious disease”, in fact, if you purchase a gallon of gasoline, pour in all over yourself and drop a match – that would be even better, if you don’t have matches – the are support groups online for people LIKE YOU.
And this is where I become very angry as things just don’t add up. Look: there is a deadly disease HIV. We see lots of campaigns, walks and fundraisers going on to find cure or vaccine and help those who suffer. With herpes – besides yelling online and couple of civil lawsuits – nothing. Ok, screw propaganda, screw fundraisesrs and vaccine research – herpes isn’t a deadly disease after all, but c’mon! at least we deserve to know if we are contagious or not. And I don’t want some internet doctor to tell me that – I need a legitimate study with numbers – I love them numbers my friends! I need to know what is the probability for me in my particular condition to pass the virus to another person. Why? Well, because I am not willing to commit a social suicide to just be on a SAFE F&^%ING SIDE!!!
As every HSV victim I feel betrayed. And in my case not even by my former sexual partners – because even if that girl knew about IT and didn’t tell me – I understand her. She didn’t tell because she knew what perspective society has on this problem and didn’t want to be judged. I, however, feel betrayed by the modern medicine and society in how they handle herpes as a public health issue. Everyone knows that if not majority, then at least A LOT of doctors don’t order HSV tests even when they draw blood and when patients explicitly ask to be tested “for everything”. I think it happened to me at least couple of times. Then, how would you explain the fact that we live in a society where 25% of adults HAVE IT, but there are so few legitimate transmission studies and even existing ones are done on a relatively small populations? 25% ladies and gentlemen! In a family of four – 1 can be infected!
There are several conclusions that I made from this and want to share with you my fellow HSV victims.
Conclusion#1: for majority of diagnosed people herpes doesn’t cause a lot of inconvenience – few to no outbreaks. Medical data supports that – so it’s not even a conclusion but rather a fact.
Conclusion#2: even though there are possible complications during pregnancy and increased risk of contracting HIV – besides infrequent(for majority) outbreaks – herpes, unlike other STDs, doesn’t really cause any damage.
Conclusion#3: given how much effort (that being zero) is invested into raising public awareness about herpes and educating people about this disease and those who suffer from it – I see that society just doesn’t give a shit.
Conclusion#4: and here I agree with previous posters – given the population of repressive drugs consumers, pharma companies could run a lot more elaborate studies on transmission rates, drugs side effects, etc – it’s not being done – pharma companies are not interested in giving us more information – we know enough to be prescribed. Government is also standing aside…
Conclusion#5: summarizing all conclusions above: society does very little to prevent people from contracting HSV, yet once you have been unlucky enough to contract the virus – it (the society) expects you to completely change the way you handle your personal life. It expects you to be “honest” to everyone and fulfil your “ethical responsibility”. Now it is somehow YOUR and MY duty to protect the society from this “terrible life crippling incurable infection”! And this is where I say “NO!”.
Essentially my doctor doesn’t even have enough information to answer my very simple questions, and, in a same time, I am expected to interpret this information in the most convenient way possible for society! Of course it is cheaper to tell 26 y.o. to essentially not have sex till the rest of his life, than conduct another study and answer his questions, or educate people about those among them who suffer from herpes.
So what do I do with my life? Well I certainly wont commit a social suicide. I am young and attractive, educated and successful. I am single now and yes sometimes I do have casual sexual encounters. However, I ALWAYS use condoms and I would never have sex during or shortly before or after an outbreak. And I already see bunch of bloggers and public health advocates, mentioned above, with torches surrounding my house :) Screw them. According to Vatrex transmission studies asymptomatic shedding occurs approximately 10 days per year. That is for those who has outbreaks. No data for people who don’t – but the tendency usually is: the more outbreaks one has – the more shedding occurs. According to other studies, condoms offer some protection (about 50% as far as I remember). So now let’s do the math:
P = 10 /365 = 0.02739726 = 2.739726% – the probability of asymptomatic shedding at any given day of the year.
Now let’s say that you are a responsible individual and use condoms 100% of the time regardless of the day of year. I.e. correlation between event A – shedding a virus and event B – using condom is 0 (zero).
Therefore:
Ptr = P * Pc = 0.02739726 * 0.5 = 0.01369863 = 1.369863%
where Pc – probability that condom fails you (1-0.5=0.5)
P – the probability of asymptomatic shedding at any given day of the year.
Ptr – probability to give someone herpes when you are not experiencing an outbreak.
1.3% ladies and gentlemen!!! It’s actually pretty close to the condoms as means of contraceptive failure rate! Would you rather get (someone) pregnant or contract herpes?
Also please note that I did not take into account the fact that herpes can be contracted only by remaining 75% of population as other 25% already have it. If that is taken into account then we end up with:
PtrReal = 0.01369863 * 0.75 = 0.010273973 = 1.0273973%
Also there is data, suggesting that individuals, that have one type of herpes are less likely to contract the other one. Given that 90% of people have at least one type of herpes it is valid to say the probability to have sex using condom with someone who doesn’t have herpes and pass the virus to them is about 1%.
If anyone finds flaws in my logic and/or math – please respond – I am open for scientific discussion. If you wanna lecture me about my “ethical duty” – please don’t.
Anyways, this number actually explains a lot. For example it kind of justifies the lack of efforts coming from the society to deal with the problem. It also explains why there are only 25% of people infected .
So here is my main conclusion:
Yes herpes is a pretty nasty thing, but it’s not deadly. Furthermore it’s implications on our social life are a lot more severe than on our actual health – it’s all about societal acceptance – people with oral herpes don’t get as discriminated against as ones with genital, I would be HAPPY if my first outbreak was on my face rather than my penis, even though being on my face it could also be on my eye – and that would really suck. Also, according to the modern medicine – majority of people don’t even notice herpes. Those who do – don’t suffer from it too often. So overall – it’s all about our attitude to the problem rather than the problem itself. Then, as it was shown above, chances to pass herpes if you are a responsible human being are very low. So in my particular situation I have an inconclusive test result that doesn’t objectively tell if I have herpes or not, and even if I do – chances of me giving it to someone else are very low, and even if I do give it to someone – chances are it will never be noticed, and if it will – it will most likely not cause too much of an actual pain.
Now 1 million dollars question: to tell or not to tell? And my answer is: yes, but only if and only if you care a lot about this person and you are positive he/she will not ruin your life using this information. If it’s a one night stand – no – just use a condom. If it’s “friend with benefits” whom you visit only to have sex and you have several of those – no – just use a condom. Should you stop going out and meeting new people – no – go out! If you meet someone you’d like to start a relationship with, but not sure about whether or not to tell – get on suppressive drugs – that will virtually cut shedding and then you could just suggest to get tested and, if partner turns out to be positive, plead not guilty. I know it’s a lie and I personally would rather not do this and if I know that this person wont ruin my social life – I wont. But, in this day and age it is ewwwy to have herpes down there and people also talk – so we have to compromise. Also, while we sit here and talk – most of the people who been diagnosed and have little to no symptoms just ignore the situation all together. Only concerned minority comes to message boards – but the majority is pretty good at sticking the head in a sand at moving on. I am 26 y.o. and I had about 20 sexual partners by now – NO ONE has ever informed me about ANY history of STDs – yet I somehow contracted herpes.
Please don’t get me wrong – I am not promoting harming innocent people. I am rather trying to show that it is unfair to put all responsibility for controlling herpes on the shoulders of those who are infected – we already deal with enough. Yes we should be careful and refrain from sex during periods of outbreak, yes we ABSOLUTELY MUST use condoms, and it could also be a good idea to get onto suppressive drugs (if your doctor approves of that), but crippling your social life – absolutely not! It is not a deadly disease – it’s just a cold sore that happened to be in a wrong place.
I am HSV2 positive with no outbreaks and this is my manifesto.
Hi
I was diagnosed with herpes last week and am devastated. I would give anything for a cure, if its money the big companies are worried about why dont they just make the cure super expensive? That way they still get their money but we can live happily again! And since so many people have it , we can still catch it again so there will be plenty of people buying into these cures. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE dont ignore our cries for help!!!
That’s the year I got it below the belt…..I am 40 now. I had the summer and fall planned out that year. I was to work the summer at a sweet little yacht club in a harbor on the Maine coast. In the fall I was already enrolled in massage therapy school in NY and planned to use that as the foundation for a future career in acupuncture.
So, it was required for me to have a physical exam prior to my studies. I’m at the doctors office in town and had simply pointed out the little red bumps I had on my penis recently. I had been dating a cute little gal named Diana who I met working in Maine. She was up there for the summer too. She was from Connecticut. We had an amazing love affair together. Maine is so quaint. Making love on the boat or on an uninhabited island in the middle of the day on the warm soft rocks. That romance was almost worth the price I paid in getting genital herpes that wonderful summer. Good times.
Now what I have learned all these years is that anyone in the know will tell you “you’d be surprised how many people have it”. That being said, the key has been in how herpes is managed. A huge deal is that there are different strains of 1 and 2. Some severe, some less so. Some people have zero symptoms.
In my world, Diana did not know she had it. We actually broke up after I moved to NY and went studied. But we parted friends. I forgave her, and believed her when she swore she did not know she had it. So love prevailed, not negativity. There has only been one potential partner in my life, and recently at that, who said she knew nothing about herpes. She actually freaked out at the fact that I had to tell (yes my own requirement, as it should be for anyone in this case) a potential partner that I have herpes. That was 2 months ago. Single life is ok for a while after that experience.
I have managed to never pass this to any of my lovers over the years. My most recent partner had genital herpes too, and 1 year into our 2 year connection she gets a sore on her lip. Her first ever outbreak of oral herpes. We’re like, wtf is this all about? L-Lysene cream, H-Balm and acyclovir is what that was all about. Like, lets get that thing off your face honey. It’s really sad, because its like right there on your lip of all places. Nice to meet you, you have something gross on your face!
You always learn something new about how people manage this dis-ease. I have heard this could be called a disease that may get you to think more about your health than before you actually had it. A weakened immune system, depression or feelings of loss, lack of nutrition all get this disease active.
My trip is, this makes you live as healthy a lifestyle as you can so you don’t get outbreaks. Exercise, eating whole foods, thinking good thoughts (ever see the move….what the bleep do we know?) well its all tied together. I have personally used suppressive therapy with acyclovir only when I know the virus has become active. Only after I feel a little extra run down and notice the telltale “ache” in my leg from my lymph glands kicking in. Then I pop 400mg 1-2 times a day for about 5-7 days. Usually keeps it from getting to the surface of the skin. The idea being, don’t become dependent on the drug. Allow your body to operate mainly on immune response and not solely on a a viral replication blocker. Outbreaks for me are now about 2 -3 per year + –
Just thought I would add my piece of the puzzle in here since what I was reading from these recent posts in here. I simply stumbled on this blog during a short session of searching out progress on a vaccine, which sounds like only bs is happening. The compassionate art of healing does not blend well with pharma companies eager to collect on peoples monthly dependence on drugs that “ease” the problem but don’t seek to cure it. If we were all cured the simple equation for them is we lose all of our customer base on suppressive therapy.
I will echo the masses……hey, ya bunch of pharma yo-yo’s, release the cure for this thing already and go after the big dick pill customers. There seems to be a “shortage” that needs a few more strokes out there! lol
My heart hurts for you. Thanks for being so candid. I wish there were a way to publicly, openly, and proudly campaign for a cure! Millions of Americans suffer from this virus, and are silent, silent because of shame, silent because of stigma, silent because of ignorance or misinformation.
The silence leads to indifference! The other day I saw an advertisement for a vaccination (ZOSTRAVAX) against shingles , which is caused by the herpes zoster virus! Far more people are suffering from HSV I and II- I would be willing to bet than 1000 times more people are suffering from oral or genital herpes- and yet, the research goes to shingles??????? Just because the HSV sufferers can’t speak out doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
The pharma companies are dying to get the revenues from shamed people who pay month after month after month for remedies such as Valtrex! My heart hurts for the millions that do so, because the pharma world truly cares for sustainable and perpetual cashflow over timely prevention. I believe in capitalism, but this is one instance where it hurts many.
Ok. I need to vent, its a bad day.
I am a young woman that is HSV-2 positive.
I hate my life on days that I have an outbreak, such as today. Im popping L-lysine as I type.
Before this happened, I was engaged to a young man and we decided to go get tested. We may have made a mistake by going to the local clinic, but it was the cheapest place and I have been there before and it had been a pleasant experience. I told the woman at the front desk that we wanted to be tested for EVERYTHING!!!! And we were, so I thought. months went by, we were both negative for everything, and everything was fine. Then, I suffered from a broken bone and had to have surgery which was very stressful. After surgery I noticed a bump and tada…genital herpes. To make matters worse, the nurse pulled my file and said they were suppose to draw two vials of blood for the herpes test, so we had not been tested for that….*random question* Can’t I sue the bast****? So I tried acyclovair for a year and it worked okay…I still run off of my parents insurance and I have 2 gynos, so I get my herpes meds through the clinic, as they don’t use my insurance. After discovering that this bast*** that had given me this disgusting, sick disease was not the right one for me, we ended our relationship. So here I am, depressed, lacking self-confidence, disgusted with myself. Also, I am too embarassed to go back to the clinic and have my annual updated to recieve more herpes meds, so I am trying the natural approach. Eating broccoli, taking Vitamin C, and L-lysine is great, but I get an outbreak everytime my current boyfriend and I have vigorous sex, so like twice a month, as the rubbing and trauma to the area brings it on. IF ANYONE OUT THERE OF IMPORTANCE READS THIS….help out the young, unmarried people who have their lives ahead of them and quit being so damn selfish! I would sign my life away and work in a coal mine till I was 65 just to have a vaccine that got rid of this. I just want this to go away! I’d give anything!!!
Also, this may be silly…but since it only affects such a small area on my lower parts, some days, such as today, I wonder why they can just CUT IT OFF! I wouldn’t mind. Honestly. Recovery would be a pain, but I wouldn’t care. Herpes is the BANE of my existence.
Sorry, just venting.
I am a 32 year old mother of one. I was diagnosed with genital herpes on Valentine’s Day, 2001. Imagine that. I had taken, what I thought, were the right precautions. What they don’t test for is integrity. The guy, that I thought I was in love with, cheated on me and gave me the gift that keeps on giving. I was mortified and heartbroken. He had cheated on me a number of times apparently and contracted the disease.
I would give anything for a cure. Unfortunately, even if they come out with a vaccine, it will be of no use to us. Vaccines are to prevent the contraction of the disease. If you already have it, a vaccine will not help you. Researchers would have to come up with a cure and, so far, there are no cures for most (if not all) viruses. Hopefully, they will find a safe vaccine for herpes so that we can protect our children. My daughter does not have hsv-1 or hsv-2; for that I am thankful.
I have experienced all of the feelings you are feeling…all of them. Eight years later, I still feel many of them. However, life has gotten better; my outbreaks are less often and not as bad, but I feel like it is a day to day battle to live a healthy lifestyle. One glass of wine or a chocolate bar and I am on the road to an outbreak. It sucks. Some people hardly experience an outbreak and some of us experience them more often.
You have every right to vent. Vent loud and often. There is so much stigma associated with this disease that no one wants to talk about it. Therefore, it is going undiscussed and people are not telling their partners. It is socially acceptable to get cold sores, but genital herpes is another story. The funny thing is, they are very similar in DNA structure; almost the same disease.
If society wants to change this, they need to start educating and allowing people to talk about this disease without shame and embarrassment.
I am sorry you have run into this monster. It is the worst betrayal ever.
Wow. You really took the words right out of my mouth. I feel u 200%…stay strong though..that’s all we can do.
Where have you heard about a cure?
Getting sick in this country is not only expensive but frustrating. Every system in the USA moves along with money, and we know labs and scientists work along with the system, “No pain not game”. Does anybody has an idea how much money we’ll pay for that? Would health insurance be able to pay for vaccine and for any recurrence tx? It is all about money in between. In fact, if this work for women, what fate is for men? Only women will be safe on this earth? (No man’s land). Sorry guys, perhaps social security benefits will cover some palliative care! Meanwhile, lets practice safe sex and try to live not survive. Remember, we were born sick cause our parents were not healthy at all as they thought. God bless us all.
I found out that I had herpes about a month ago and I’ve really been strong and positive. I signed up with a support group and only one member in my family knows. Before I found out my fiance kept telling me that I gave him a diease and I went to get some blood work done. All my test would come back negative my last herpes test was in 2007 and it came back negative until this year even when I was pregnant and lost the baby back in 2005 my test came back negative. I always questioned him about certain things and now it has really come to light and i can not stand for him to touch me. I am really praying that this vaccine works the doctor said that I have no signs of herpes but my test came back positive.
I am a 29 year old female who has had this for 10yrs. I have had 2 long term relationships one being a marriage which ended and i have a healthy child who is now 6. I am hoping that this vaccine is not another hoax to get us excited. The good thing about this is although you have it, it wont be as hard to tell someone if there is something around to prevent them from getting it to. I also read somewhere that they are researching a way to help prevent us from passing it along and getting outbreaks. If all this is true and it is just a matter of years not decades or more than I am excited, and will actually look forward to being with someone.
I was diagnosed when I was 21 and I am now 23. It so hard to continualy be “punished” for someone lieing to me. I don’t have a live in boyfriend. But I have been surprised friends have been able to be very supportive. Dating gets difficult at about week 3, but allot of the stigmatizims are starting to disappear. Hang in there. It could be a worse disease and allot of the shame comes from yourself not other people.
ii was just diagnosed i am 30 and was infected by my asymptomatic live in boyfriend we are both devastated im super depressed and have no desire in sex and his guilt is so tremendous he cant even look at me. I spoke with the biovex doctor and he said it will be at least 8 years before anything hits the market. they are having trouble with funding and wont be starting phase 1 clinical trials until next year. to say that we are devasted in an understatement.
Really nice work.. http://www.fsbnetwork.com
Interesting site and claims.
The money back guarantee is nice, but I’m still skeptical.
Any info to credit or discredit these citric acid therapies would be nice.
Thanks (from all of us)
Anyone who has herpes can help by volunteering for clinical trials in your area:
http://clinicaltrials.gov
You cannot cure herpes. It’s a virus. But you can prevent outbreaks by taking a daily lysine tablet. Also, keep your health up, eat right, exercise, and try not to stress. Anyone who tells you they can cure herpes is either lying or misinformed.
I just came from the a clinic in Indiana and I’m getting Ozone and peroixde treatment. I got the virus last year but thus far the virus affects me off and on. I’m really trying to get rid of it. What has been your experience with trying to get rid of this monster. I need a cool friend; hell if we all pull together just mabe we can kill it. My name is larry.
There is a cure for herpes. But they will not put it on the market until 90% of the popullation is infected. There’s been a cure for 20 years! I’m 18. Why must me and everybody suffer. We only get one life I’m tired of being depressed my whole life. I want my life back. I want kids but I will not have kids if they have a chance of getting herpes when they are born. The reason why they put it on the market is cause of money they make millions if not billions a year for herpes treatments an medicine. The world is nothin but greedy as people trying to make a buck. I feel them. But dont make others suffer. I want to enjoy my life. But now I cant there won’t be a minute that goes by that I won’t think about me havin herpes. For all thoses that do have herpes I feel you pain. Try your best to life your life have fun an keep your immune system strong.
The possible herpes vaccine under investigation is DL5 29 developed by David Knipe and his team of researchers at Harvard. Acambis, now part of Sanofi Pasteur, is the exclusive licensee for development of this vaccine trough the human trial phase. Pre-clinical testing has shown promising results in animal models of disease. With any luck, investigational new drug status will be granted this year and human trials can begin.
nobody whats to cure something that makes money!!! by another drugs.
sad but true!!!!!
so there is no cure for long time. but vaccine maybe comes??? becouse that is not cure.
I am also interested in a possible cure or vaccine. Any additional news?
Sanofi-Pasteur just gobbled up Acambis for $549mn. Last year Acambis announced that it had a promising vaccine that is good in men & women & could also help folks already afflicted with recurrent HSV-2. This looks like the most promising breakthrough on the horizon and they are apparently supposed to be filing an “investigational drug” application sometime in 2009 which would make it more accessible to the public.
Harvard is somehow involved with this Acambis vaccine and they have a huge research endowment. The competition is fierce out there which is good for anyone with or at risk for HSV 1 or 2. American women are really affected by HSV-2 – about 30% and that just stinks. They estimate that a vaccine will generate the winner $2bn a year in revenue – that’s a big prize. With the Valtrex patent expiring in June 2009 you’re bound to see some breakthroughs.
I’ve read an article in Time Magazine about there being a possible cure on the horizon so to speak for HSV1 & 2. Here’s the link to the article,
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1819739,00.html
My question is this, does anyone know if there are any 2009 updates on both the vaccine spoken about above & a possible cure stated in the article for HSV 1 & 2??
Okay from what I have learned everyone this vaccine works for women not men really has to to with the mucous lining or something….and it doesn’t cure it yet only prevents it….Here are some links i have found http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/stds/herpevac/studyover_faqs.htm
http://www.webmd.com/genital-herpes/news/20021120/new-herpes-vaccine-affects-women-only?page=2
I JUST FOUND OUT I HAVE BOTH TYPES. IM ONLY 22 AND LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT.
I HAVE BEEN READING UP ON SO MANY THINGS ONLINE AND ITS FRUSTRATING THAT SOMETHING IS “ALMOST” OUT THERE BUT STILL, NOTHING HAS COME OUT.
I HAVE FOUND SOME SORT OF DETOX THAT CLAIMS TO REMOVE THIS VIRUS. TO READ MORE ABOUT IT GO TO: http://WWW.RESOLVEHERPES.COM
DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY NEWS ON ANY TRIALS? I WILL BE UP FOR ANYTHING TO HELP NOT JUST MYSELF BUT OTHERS WITH THIS “THING”.
Hi Doctor,
I hope you will read this. I am HSV-1 positive and I am asymptomatic which I do not have physical sore present, but have the disease present. It is affecting my life and my family. Even though I am taking suppressive treatment of 400mg acyclovir daily, but I am always scared to transmit to my little daughter or my wife. I abstain from having sex and avoid touching my daughter who is growing daily and need father’s affection and love, but I simply can’t. I feel very angry with myself and bad towards my family.
I would just wish you all the best and put all your effort in erradicating this virus from the face of the earth. I hope that you can help man to fight this disease. I deeply give my thanks and wish that what your article says is going to happen in real.
Richard.
About a week ago i noticed flu-like symptoms& what i thought was a regular infection. I went to the doctor and i was diagnosed with HSV2. I am a caring, smart 19 year old and have always been fully aware and safe about my sex life. Ever since i had become sexually active i have always gone to the doctor to get tested. I am still going through the motions& emotions herpes causes. I USED to think i was attractive, but now i almost feel like i shouldnt feel that way. I feel like herpes is almost an Imbodiment of rejection. If that makes sense? Coming to terms with this& reading your post makes me feel like herpes is a fact of life. Some people never have symptoms. My outbreak looked like a common infection. People just dont know. No one deserves this. I cried for 3 days straight. The guy i was dating started treating me like i was a walking disease. He is a single 26 year old father of two and before i was diagnosed i was accepting of HIS situation. I couldnt believe he wouldnt be accepting of mine! The most attractive people probably have herpes. Its a fact of life. It makes me feel better when i see that celebrities have it too. Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and even Brad Pitt are all known carriers of this disease! Herpes is a fact of life. It forces me now to grow up and invest in deep, mature relationships, not just physically driven ones.
Dude, seriously awesome to see someone who is realistic about the virus. I feel like I want to slap the ignorance out of the majority of the people! It’s amazing how people shun other’s with the virus! And the sick thing is…they have the damn virus and are too ignorant to know. I am in the same boat u are. 26 yrs old and have no outbreaks except for the initial. Been a year since I have had an issue and doubt ill have another. Yea at first was sucked…still does but everyone has the damn virus. Wish people would focus on the true issue…living behind lies. Makes me sick when society shun’s others and they are infected as well. Awesome reading you’re post! Bout time!
I don’t mind getting it for you to mail it to you,seriously. I don’t think it’s a good idea going by without medication just because insurance doesn’t cover it…. and feeling this bad having to vent in public…let me know. The best cure is meditation and human diet-vegetarian diet- to strengthen your immune system and genes.
I’m 31 years old, & about 2 years ago I was given HSV 1 & 2 by a partner who claimed he was clean- & sadly, we hadn’t even had actual intercourse. The day after we ‘fooled around’, I noticed he had a cold sore, & just KNEW I was in trouble. Sure enough, diagnosis: genital herpes.
I spent a year in a deep depression wondering if I’d ever find someone who could love me with this disease. I’ve now decided that I’m still the same person, I’m not LESS of a person- it’s just a matter of finding the right man who agrees. My dating life has been practically non-existent, & what exists has been heartbreaking due to rejection…”Hey, we can still be friendssss…”. I dread having ‘the talk’, but I could NEVER risk giving this to anyone else without their knowledge & acceptance of the risk. What everyone has said about the social stigma involved with this disease is so true – if 25% of the population has genital herpes, & 80% have oral, why should we be forced to live our lives like lepers, afraid of discovery?
A unisex vaccine would make me SO happy – sure, it wouldn’t help ME physically. But knowing that ‘the dreaded talk’ could end with “but there’s a vaccine available that would prevent YOU from catching it” would make my life…hopeful. I’ve been imagining myself dying alone & lonely with 18 cats… I could sure use a little hope right now.
I’m not a vengeful or mean person, but I wonder how quick a vaccine or-even better, a cure-would show up if the bigwigs of the pharma companies found themselves with this fabulous prize!? Anyway, if anyone knows of a way to donate specifically to Herpes research, please pop it up here. There’s well-established AIDS research groups, Cancer research groups, pink eye groups, tonenail fungus groups…aren’t there Herpes research groups?? I’d like to be able to stop pitying myself & start DOING something!
Once you have a virus vaccines won’t work, I think they are only preventative.
Its a very limited vaccine. Women that are not infected can get it. It is estimated to have only a 50% protection rate. It is still questionable if it will ever hit the market.
you can have children even as you have the herpes disease. In your last trimester of the pregnancy, they will give you medicine, so that you do not pass the disease on to the newborn. babies are born with their own immune system, not the mother’s. You should research the disease more. I know a couple that has the disease and has a child. Don’t let this disease affect your life because you are way young. I wish you the best…
don’t let it destroy your life, there are forums where u can meet other people with it, in your area. YOu would be suprised how many people have this. My wife and i had to wonderful kids with herpes, the last she had an active outbreak. Make sure you tell ur doc and tell him u want a c section, to prevent any such possible spread.
This is not as bad as it seems, things could be much worse. ALOT of people have herpes 2, ALOT. I bet 10% of your friends have it and just don’t mention it……by the time they are 40, 50% will have it. 1 in 5 active adults have it.
Go to the forums, meet people there. google herpes forums.
Hang in there kid, good luck and it’s not the end of the world. If u have sex, make sure there are no active lesions and use protection.
The article does not really mention if it is for carriers of the disease.
Regards