Acyclovir

Acyclovir is a guanine analogue antiviral drug. Besides the name Acyclovir, it is also known by the variant Aciclovir and the chemical name acycloguanosine. Some of the names that are used to market the drug Acyclovir in the United States include Zovirax and Zovir. Acyclovir cream is one of the most common forms in which Acyclovir is bought; you can also get Acyclovir medication in the form of Acyclovir tablets. The most common situation in which an Acyclovir dose is used is in the treatment of the herpes simplex virus. It is also used in order to treat herpes zoster (shingles). Acyclovir is one of the antiviral inventions for which Gertrude B. Elion was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988.

Acyclovir is one of the most common antiviral drugs used in the world. It is very specific in the virii that it targets and it has a very low level of cytotoxicity; that is, it hardly has any effect on ordinary cells in the body while it goes after the virus particles in an infection. Most forms of herpes are well targeted by Acyclovir and can be treated by Acyclovir to some extent. The standard Acyclovir dosage for Acyclovir tables is 200 mg and 400 mg. The drug can also be taken as a cream or intravenously. For highly concentrated doses, Acyclovir must be taken intravenously as the molecule is not very water soluble.

Acyclovir side effects are relatively rare, although you should keep in mind that alcohol and Acyclovir do not mix. The ordinary risks of Acyclovir only occur in less than one percent of people who take it. These Acyclovir side effects include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea and headache. You can buy Acyclovir online and compare Acyclovir prices between companies that will rush Acyclovir to you with Acyclovir overnight delivery / Acyclovir next day delivery deals. Make sure that if you purchase one of these Acyclovir overnight / Acyclovir next day you read the warning labels on the package and do not use Acyclovir if you are pregnant because the use of Acyclovir during times of pregnancy has a slight risk of causing birth deformities (although there have been no teratogenic or carcinogenic effects as a result of using Acyclovir during pregnancy that have yet been discovered). See your doctor before you embark on a path of treatment and make sure that you do not engage in uninformed self medication.