This online service is for adults aged 18 or over. Please visit a sexual health clinic or your GP for advice.

A first outbreak needs to be checked at a sexual health clinic, where you can be examined and tested for herpes and other infections. Testing is free and confidential.

Sores that look or feel different from your usual outbreaks can have other causes, including other infections, so they need to be checked. Please visit a sexual health clinic or your GP. Testing is free and confidential.

As you get outbreaks often, daily treatment to prevent them may suit you better. Please speak to your GP or a sexual health clinic, who can discuss this with you.

We cannot treat herpes online if your immune system is weakened, as you may need a different dose or specialist advice. Please contact your specialist team, sexual health clinic or GP.

We cannot supply these tablets if you have had an allergic reaction to them. Please speak to a sexual health clinic or your GP.

Herpes in pregnancy needs a plan from your maternity team to protect your baby. Please contact your midwife, GP or a sexual health clinic as soon as possible.

With severe kidney disease, herpes tablets need a special dose that we cannot arrange online. Please contact your GP or kidney team.

As you are already taking herpes tablets, please finish your current course, or speak to whoever prescribes your daily tablets. If your sores have not started to heal after 10 days, please contact a sexual health clinic or your GP.

We cannot treat herpes online if you take a medicine that weakens your immune system. Please contact your GP or specialist team.

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A prescriber will decide whether treatment is right for the patient and may contact me or the patient by SMS, email or phone if more information is needed. If treatment is supplied, the patient will read the Patient Information Leaflet before starting, follow the instructions on the label, and seek urgent medical attention if their symptoms are not improving or they feel more unwell.