Chickenpox / drug therapy*
This report describes acyclovir pharmacokinetics following valacyclovir administration in Acyclovir is safe and well tolerated as a treatment in pediatric population, and preferable to difficult and toxic eye-drop regimens
Following oral administration, the most common adverse effects associated with acyclovir in children and adults are nausea and/or vomiting (in 2-8% of patients), diarrhea (0
Although acyclovir is generally well tolerated, severe nephrotoxicity has been reported in some cases
Treating neonatal HSV may require higher doses of acyclovir than what was noted in previous dosing instructions, and these higher doses are well tolerated in multiple
The three infants less than 2 months of age who received the 300-mg/m2 dose had a Cmax of 1
Acyclovir represents a significant advance in the treatment of herpes simplex and varicella zoster virus infections and appears to
Valacyclovir (15 mg/kg) was well tolerated in pediatric patients and demonstrated excellent bioavailability
Overall, oral acyclovir was well tolerated and reduced the duration of symptomatic illness by about 24 hours
Acyclovir is a safe treatment that