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Zovirax (Acyclovir) - Reviews, Ratings, Comments by Patients

 


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Below are Zovirax (Acyclovir) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 5 ratings/reviews, Zovirax has an overall score of 8.60. The effectiveness score is 8.80 and the side effect score is 10. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence.
 

Zovirax review by 37 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   fever blisters
Dosage & duration:   1600 mg taken twice daily for the period of 1 day
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   If I took the Zovirax at the first sign of tingling it would prevent an outbreak. If I waited I would still get blisters but they would only last 2-3 days.
Side effects:   no side effects
Comments:   I take 2 pills first thing and then another 2 before bed.

 

Zovirax review by 58 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   herpes
Dosage & duration:   3 capsules daily taken every day for the period of 3 years
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   outbreaks were reduced from one every few months to one every few years
Side effects:   none that I am aware of
Comments:   just swallow one capsule three times per day

 

Zovirax review by 29 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Cold Sores
Dosage & duration:   200 mg taken 4 times a day for the period of multiple times over the last 5 years
Other conditions:   None
Other drugs taken:   None
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Shortened time span of cold sore. Sometimes alleviating symptoms entirely.
Side effects:   None
Comments:   If you take one pill as soon as you feel the tingle of a cold sore coming on, often it will not even appear at all. I know you might think, "Maybe there wasn't really one in the first place." But if you get cold sores regularly, you know. Sometimes if I couldn't get to the pills right away and a cold sore did appear, I would take a total of 4-5 pills in the course of the next 24 hours, and the sores would often be gone within 2 days instead of the usual 10. If you can't get to the pills within the first 24 hours, there is really not much good they can do after that, from my experience. This drug is kind of expensive--if I recall from before I had insurance, it was $50-75 for a bottle of Zovirax, but now they have a generic form so it is probably less. Regardless, this drug is worth its weight in gold.

 

Zovirax review by 58 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Moderately Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   cold sore, fever blister
Dosage & duration:   5% ointment (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 10 days
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   This ointment seemed to lessen the severity of the outbreak and duration.
Side effects:   None noted
Comments:   I applied the ointment several times a day. The sooner the application after the first symptom (usually tingling) the more effective. As I stated still had the outbreak but the ointment did lessen the severity and duration.

 

Zovirax review by 38 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   severe cold sores
Dosage & duration:   200mg taken 5 times per day for the period of 5 days
Other conditions:   None
Other drugs taken:   None
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Severe symptoms of cold sores around the mouth were reduced and cleared up within 5 days.
Side effects:   There didn't seem to be any noticeable side effects.
Comments:   Having suffered from recurrent severe cold sores in the past, I began taking 200mg five times a day once the onset of another attack became obvious. Instead of ending up with large and unsightly blisters and scabs, these were considerably reduced in size and the time it took to heal completely was also reduced.
 


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