I'm so sorry to hear of your continued battle with the evil EBV virus. As for Valtrex, I do not take it or any other pharma anti-Viral. I take the
protocol that was given to me by the staff ND at Bastyr Clinic. Astra-Isatis (2 tablets three times a day to start with, then twice a day.)
Lysine - (I started with 1,000mg twice a day then reduced it to once a day / or a split dose.) Monolaurin (Two or three times a day - don't
know the originally prescribed strength.) It took exactly days to know it was working. What an amazing difference! At one point, I found this
protocol on line along with the research to support it, but have not been able to find it recently. I have been taking it for nine years.

The Astra-Isatis can be difficult to find. I get mine at Bastyr by prescription, but have seen it online. (Made by Health Concerns) Cost's between $35
and $50 for 250 tablets. Monolaurin is not so easy to find either, and about the same price. I get mine at Bastyr, by prescription, but I have seen it on-line.
Lysine is cheap and available everywhere. You MUST take all three together for it to work in the beginning. I find that I can sometimes skip the
Monolaurin unless something triggers a reactivation. Do not use any kind of "energizers" that contain arginine out of desperation. Some research
shows that it dissolves the virus "capsule" and allows the virus to reactivate. Be careful - it's in almost all energy anythings, not always by name.
If it says "amino acids" you can bet there's arginine in it.

I can't say whether or not this will work for everybody, but it gave me back my life after years of mis-diagnosis (lupus) and misery.
Good luck to all! Magbatt