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Below are Acyclovir reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Acyclovir has an overall score of 6. The effectiveness score is 7 and the side effect score is 8. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Acyclovir review by 31 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | HSV 2 |
| Dosage & duration: | | 400mg taken 2-3x daily for the period of 2 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | daily vitamins | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Since this was an initial diagnosis of HSV 2 I do not know how effective it was as I have nothing to compare it to. It is supposed to keep HSV 2 from erupting on the skin's surface or if it already has, it is supposed to reduce the duration of the lesions. |
| Side effects: | | I experienced very noticeable hair loss when washing my hair. It seemed to go away after about 2 weeks, but this could also be when I lowered my daily total dose from 1200mg to 800mg.
When I again started taking 1200mg total per day, my hair loss seems to have returned. |
| Comments: | | I was prescribed acyclovir for an initial diagnosis of HSV 2. Initially one is supposed to take it 400mg 3x daily for 10 days. I then chose to continue taking acyclovir as part of a "suppressive therapy" regimen. At this time the dosing decreased to 400mg 2x daily.
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| | Acyclovir review by 43 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | herpes |
| Dosage & duration: | | don't know (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of probably a year |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | This drug did not completely eliminate outbreaks. While it may have diminished length and extent of outbreak, still had more than expected. Decided not to take any longer and had better results taking Olive Leaf extract daily |
| Side effects: | | none |
| Comments: | | prescribed as a daily preventive for herpes outbreak. |
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