Acyclovir in children
Common Questions and Answers about Acyclovir in children
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their provider needs to better educate himself on acyclovir. we start children on oral acyclovir suppressively from month of age upward as needed. no need for any labs or anything either from it.
the arginine/lysine theory never panned out outside of the lab actually. They are even using arginine to treat herpes in research now. Children drink a lot of milk which balances it out anyways.
at this point I'd seek out the advice of a pediatric dermatologist for your son.
Acyclovir is also approved for use in children, is available in some countries over the counter in cream formulation for herpes labialis, and has been monitored in over 1000 pregnancies. Safety monitoring data from clinical trials of valacyclovir, involving over 3000 immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons receiving long-term therapy for HSV suppression, were analyzed. Safety profiles of valacyclovir (</=1000 mg/day), acyclovir (800 mg/day), and placebo were similar.
Has anyone noticed that there is a shortage of Acyclovir in the US? I live on the East coast and have found that it is very hard to get my prescription re-filled.
I take 400mg x2 a day for suppression and I have only been able to get 200mg. With some difficulty I might add. It isn't the end of the world but I am concerned about the supply in a month when I go for another re-fill.
I read on the FDA web site that there is currently a shortage.
http://www.fda.
My question is why would I get blisters a second time in 2 weeks? Since it is a weekend, should I start the Acyclovir again, and can it do me any harm if I do? Being a weekend, I can't get in touch with the physician, and I now have 2 opposing medical opinions, from my physician to stop the Acyclovir, and one from the physician at the urgent care clinic on 8/26 to start the medication again. Thanks for your help.
As though her eye is hurting. I cant see any change in her eye but am a bit worried. I know if children get herpes in their eyes it can blind them. Should I be worried?
I have had genital herpes for 27 years and know a bit about it but not facially and also worry that her immunity may not be too good as she gets recurred herpes attacks and I know from experience this is more to do with immunity than it is about the virus itself.
Any help appreciated. Thank you.
The severity of the out break has also increased significantly extremely painful nothing like before. The medication acyclovir doesn.t seem to be helping the out breaks are lasting about 2 weeks to resolve completely. Why is this happening? Is it age related?( i just turned 38) Can it be related to my diet? (transitioning to veganism)What kind of specialist or doctor can i consult?(my ob/gyn is clueless) the same thing is happening to my husband.
acyclovir isn't associated with any birth defects so no worries there!
we don't really have info on suppressive therapy and oral herpes. It helps most people have less recurrences though so it's worth trying if you are getting cold sores more than 2x/year.
when you feel the tingle of a cold sore potentially starting, up your dose to 800mg 3x/day for 2 days to help speed healing. You can even head off a cold sore if you start it early enough.
I've been taking acyclovir 400mg for 6 months and have noticed my hair thinning and I've googled the heck out of it finding yes and no relations to the two. Please help me know the truth and reality of this medication. Thank you.
Most children get hsv1 from their caretakers - parents , other family members or childcare providers. they can also get it from playmates too. You might never figure out when and from whom she contracted hsv1 from. Typically it is only oral - 1 out of every 3 children her age on average has hsv1 orally - it's THAT common in small children.
I imagine it would not exceed the rate of a female being infected, which would be 2-3% over a year of sex or about 100 episodes. This factors in antivirals and condom use.
Not a lot is know about homosexual transmission; I think I've seen somewhere that the incidence is probably no lower than for the female population.
I was diagnosed with herpes 17 years ago. For many years, Valtrex or Acyclovir worked miracles and then one day - they just stopped. No matter how much I took - the outbreaks kept coming back and wouldnt subside. Since then, I have been trying natural remedies as best as I can. Has this happened to anyone else? Are there other medicines on the market to try that I may not have a resistance to?
You get much better relief from ob's by taking acyclovir 2x/day every single day. You can do this for under $20/month in the US even if you don't have insurance.
Lysine doesn't help to heal ob's faster. It also doesn't suppress the virus.
For acyclovir when you first start feeling an ob about to start, take either 400mg 3x/day for 5 days or 800mg 2x/day for 2 days. Both speed healing at the same rate.
I stopped taking acyclovir in December 2011. I have had numerous outbreaks like once a month or every couple of months. I have had HSV2 four years and four months now. My last outbreak was maybe eight weeks ago. Shouldn't my outbreaks decrease since I have had the virus for some time.I would like to know is that too many outbreaks to be experiencing.
We took a 3 day break from sex then repeated the 3 times a day the following weekend. The raw feeling in my penis got worse to the point I went to the dr. It literally felt like I had a raw sore, but nothing was there. She confirmed everything looked normal, but said it was probably herpes based on my symptoms and my girlfriend's status. She prescribed acyclovir, which I didn't start taking yet.
Hi there,
In November 2008, my boyfriend kissed me when he had a visible coldsore on his lip. 24 hours later I had one come up on my lip, but with it came 3 blisters in my mouth (on my tongue & gums). From the day I caught these cold sores, I've hardly had a single day without them. They are rarely on the outside of my mouth though, but always on the inside.
i started taking acyclovir a few days ago for the first time for a mild cold sore breakout. 2 days after i started, the cold sores got more intense, and 2 new huge cold sores came up out of nowhere. i have 3 more days left of the medication, and i'm going to keep taking it, but what should i do? these cold sores are not going away, and it seems like its getting worse! so done with these friggin things...
Does Acyclovir make anyone else feel completely terrible? I get terrible headaches, dizzy, diarrhea and feel just awful. im not sure which is worse sometimes.
I continued 2 times a day acyclovir for suppression. After that I had bacterial infection in my vagina which the doc gave me metrogel, and then an abcess in my labia which the doc said was a clogged gland, which she drained and gave me flexril for. A few days later, I had arm pain (feels like deep aching in my bone, similar to my leg pain before my outbreak), and a very itchy rash on my the upper part of my breast! It itches a lot, and feels very similar to the way my herpes itched.
I did have a bad spout of cold sores this past 5 month so my doctor gave me acyclovir. My cold sores do hurt. The scab in my genital area does not flake like my cold sores do. It more less just gets smaller. I take acyclovir as a daily suppressant. I am wondering if what I am describing as a chance of herpes? If I am on dailly acyclovir does that help me with resistant of HSV2 infection? Keep in mind I do have a high anxiety of herpes and HIV.
It also sounds like you and your partner are in a monogamous relationship in which neither of you has other sexual partners. If this is the case, you can both be tested for a variety of STDs and, if the tests are negative, you have no reason for concern as long as you do not have other partners. The tests I would recommend in general for both of you are tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia at all sites of exposure (penis, rectum and throat) and blood tests for syphilis and HIV.
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