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What is Acyclovir?

Acyclovir is a type of medicine called an antiviral. Antivirals kill viruses or stop viruses from multiplying. Acyclovir is used to treat herpesvirus infections spread by direct skin-to-skin contact. Acyclovir will not cure herpes infections. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 27 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Prevent infection 16 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Cold sores (fever blisters) 13 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Herpes outbreak 10 2 Efficacy_major
Shingles rash 10 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 8 1 Efficacy_none

See all 130 patients currently taking Acyclovir

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 2
Mild
 6
None
 40

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Acyclovir

Nausea 2
Diarrhea 2
Headaches 2
Swollen glands 1
Painful lymph nodes (glands) 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Acyclovir. See all 21 dosages ►

  daily 200mg as needed 400mg as needed 800mg as needed 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 800 mg daily 1,200 mg daily 1,600 mg daily 4,000 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 12 Number of Patients: 12 32 Number of Patients: 32 41 Number of Patients: 41 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Acyclovir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 24   Course of treatment ended: 59%
Side effects too severe 7   Side effects too severe: 17%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 12%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 10%
Other 3   Other: 7%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 39 patients who’ve stopped taking Acyclovir

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Acyclovir

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Acyclovir

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Acyclovir

Always
 39 78%
Usually
 4 8%
Sometimes
 7 14%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Acyclovir

Very
 2 4%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 8 16%
Not at all
 40 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Acyclovir

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 4 13%
$25-49
 2 6%
< $25
 26 81%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.