Zovirax (Acyclovir)

The drug is usually prescribed to patients with dermatoses, mostly herpes infections. It actually does not cure from the infection but helps to stand the illness by decreasing pain and itching effect that the infection brings. It is a good drug to apply when first signs of infection appear, though it will not heal, it will produce reduction effect and the infection itself will pass in a more mild way. Zovirax also decreases the frequency of the soars appearance. It may also be applied in other cases to prevent other infections, you should consult your doctor to find out if it may help you. You must be rubbing the drug on the infected skin surface

Once you have discovered the first signs of the disease you should immediately start taking the drug. You must thoroughly wash your hands before and after applying the drug. To prevent virus spreading to other members of the family or simply other areas of skin use gloves when applying the drug. You must be rubbing the drug on the infected skin surface. The volume of the drug used should correspond to the following formula - 0.5 inch of grease cover at least four square inches of skin area. Protective measures must be taken to prevent getting of the drug in the eyes.The application of the drug must be done four times a day for a period of 7 days. The prescriptions provided by your doctor must be kept to. The condition of the infected skin might become better but you should still continue to use the drug according to the prescription until the infection is completely gone and your doctor suggests to stop applying the drug. Make sure that the sores done by the infection are kept clean and are not in direct contact with clothes.

The difference between the viral infrctions and bacterial infections lies in the form of their behavior. Viral infections contain no living organisms, but what they usually do is reproduction using the host cell. Zovirax drug acts by attacking all known Herpes viruses. By coming into contact with the infection it is being absorbed by the infected cell but due to its healing function it affects the possibility of the virus to reproduce itself. In this way the infected cells are being refined as the virus cannot reproduce itself no more.

If you skipped the time you should be taking the dose, do it right away, but do not apply double dose if it is almost time to taje another one, Just skip te one you missed and get back to the regular schedule.

The drug must be kept in a dry cool place, not refrigerated with a temperature of less than 25 degrees. Keep away from children.

You must consult your doctor to find out if you may take this drug due to the fact that it must not be used in along with some other drugs which you might be taking, it is also not known if the drug can injure an unborn body. That is why you must not take this drug before consulting your doctor, especially when you are pregnant. Apart from this, it might be found in your breast milk if you start using the drug, so you must consult your doctor on question of taking Zovirax if you feed your baby with your breast.

There should not be any side effects while using Zovirax, but if you do happen to feel some inconvenience or allergic reactions, such as hard breathing, itching, you must visit a doctor to consult on the question. Nevertheless side effects might really take place, though less serious ones will be gone quite fast. In case you don't feel well due to some strange side effect is taking place, you should consult your doctor regarding this and any other effect that might take place.

You must consult your doctor immediately if you consider to be suffering siding effects like allergic reaction resulting in hard breathing, suffocating, tumor of lips or tongue, also sudden bleeding or unexpected bruising. When suffering some less hazardous side effects, you may go on using the drug but a consultation with your doctor is obligatory. Another group of side effects include headache, joint pain, retching, diarrhea and the like. If you happen to be suffocating other side effects than those listed above, consult your doctor.