The emergence of new viral diseases and a change in their clinical picture required serious changes from modern medicine. First of all, they affected the pharmaceutical industry.
The antiviral drug Acyclovir (tablets) is very common today. Instructions for it are located directly in the package. The dosage of the drug is different, most often these are tablets of 200 or 400 milligrams. Different packages contain from twenty to thirty tablets.
In addition, the drug "Acyclovir" is available (and used in the practice of doctors) in the form of an ointment with an active substance content of 50 milligrams per gram.
Today, Acyclovir cream with a 5% active ingredient content has also appeared on the pharmaceutical market.
It is worth noting that I have all forms of release with selective activity against the herpes virus, including the drug Acyclovir (tablets), the instructions for use of which contain indications for the appointment of:
- treatment of infections caused by herpes virus (genus simplex of the first and second types);
- prevention of relapse in patients with normal (without immunodeficiency) status;
- prevention of recurrence of herpes virus infection in people with immunodeficiency;
- treatment of diseases caused by Varicella zoster (most often - shingles);
Also, this drug is used in the complex treatment of HIV infection (to prevent its development).
The effect of the drug is primarily due to the incorporation of triphosphate into the DNA chain of the virus, which causes a blockade in the synthesis of new viral particles.
If you are hypersensitive to the components of the drug, you should not use the drug "Acyclovir" (tablets). The instruction also indicates contraindications for use during lactation (during breastfeeding). As in the case of the use of other drugs, the drug "Acyclovir" during pregnancy is prescribed only if the intended benefit will be higher than the potential risk to the health of the mother and fetus.
With extreme caution, it is worth using the drug for renal failure (acute or chronic), as well as for violations of the neurological sphere.
How to take "Acyclovir" in tablets?
The dose of the drug is established on the basis of indications and determined by the doctor. So, in the treatment of the most common form of herpes (with a patient over two years old), a pharmaceutical drug is prescribed in tablets of 200 milligrams five times a day (with intervals between doses of at least four hours). Young children (less than two years old) are prescribed on the basis of mass the same drug “Acyclovir” (tablets). The instruction covers this point in detail.
However, it is worth considering the fact that the dosage is selected by the doctor based on individual characteristics, severity and severity of clinical manifestations.
In order to prevent the development of herpesvirus infection, the medicine "Acyclovir" is prescribed in a dosage of 200 milligrams 3-4 times a day.
The specified drug must be used immediately after eating and washed down with a glass of water (this is due to the irritating effect of the drug on the gastric mucosa). In addition, after taking the medicine, other adverse reactions can occur:
- changes in blood formation (the possibility of developing leuko and erythropenia);
- changes in the general nature of the nervous system (dizziness, pain, and even hallucinations);
- It is possible the development of allergic reactions to the components of the drug (rash and dermatitis).
Today, there are a large number of different analogues of the drug. So, for example, a drug with the commercial name "Acyclovir AKOS" (tablets) is also quite widespread.