ACYCLOVIR vs FAMCICLOVIR

Specs: 23M, 140lb 6’1”, no drinking, no drugs, no previous health conditions Negative Covid tests and vaxxed Hey All, I’ll try to keep this short, but here is the deal. Since early highschool my energy levels have always been low, my body has generally felt quite sluggish. I always just attributed t

I shouldn’t have to put acyclovir in quotes to search for it and not get a bunch of unrelated results. Vanco and APAP aren’t even close in spelling or class

***EDIT 03/21/18:*** *I'm adding this to the top of the post because my original post is so damn long. Every now and then a redditor will reach out asking for an update and it's times like these I recognize what an awesome community we have here on this site.* *For any wondering how it turned out.

For locational context, my (20M) sister (18F, probably around 5'8" and 170 pounds, doesn't smoke or drink, hasn't traveled outside of the country recently except for Nova Scotia, Canada many months back) and I both live far from my parents as we’re in school, but she lives further than I do and in a

Virologist here, just trying to better understand antivirals. I’m wondering if anyone can elaborate on the differences between acyclovir and ganciclovir. I know that the latter has an additional hydroxymethyl group, and I’ve read that ganciclovir is most active against CMV (but does have activity ag

Today I got an order for acyclovir suspension for a 30kg 6 year old with chickenpox. The PA initially ordered 80mg QID. When I called to say that was a very low dose (should be 20mg/kg/dose) she refused to listen about this dose being too low. When I asked to speak to her supervising physician she f

Had a provider call and explain that she had a patient with genital herpes who was having a possible allergy to Acyclovir. From what I can gather from Clinical Pharmacology, all of the antivirals are structurally related and pretty much all oral options are contraindicated (Famciclovir, Valacyclovir

So he asked for acyclovir in tabs. I'm done 😕

Please forgive me if this violates the rules of the sub (I don't think it does after reading the sidebar). What's the deal with povidone in oral medications? It seems so ubiquitous and it makes prescribing for patients with an allergy quite difficult. As an example, I cared for a patient with a he

Hi there! I still get messages asking about Lumi after my post on 10/10/24 and I finally had time to sit down and write about everything that's happened since. **TL;DR:** Lumi is still alive, still fighting chronic health issues, and we finally did a full CT + rhinoscopy + biopsy last week. The bree

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are incredibly common, affecting millions of people worldwide. These infections can cause a range of symptoms, from cold sores and genital lesions to more serious complications like encephalitis and neonatal herpes. Currently, there is no cure for herpes, but th

My cat has FHV (feline herpesvirus). I know this is for FIV but there is no specific place for that, and I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this. I took in an injured stray (almost a year ago, he’s approximately 2 years old), who also turned out to have tons of rotten teeth, etc. Later on,

I tried to make this short but give all the info, there will be a TL;DR at the end. I'm just desperate for some new things to try/new perspective/literally anything to help her. Its mostly long so I could give an accurate/complete history Spayed female, DOB 8/13/09, DLH, \~13#/5.9kg (BCS 6/9, Hills

I sent some questions from chatgpt. Yes — that is exactly the logic behind IM-250 as a potential functional cure, and your reasoning is correct: Three months is a short period, and everything suggests that longer treatment durations should reduce the reservoir and reactivations even further. Let’s b

So many well versed contributors here, I hope it’s ok to ask this question.. # Efficacy of famciclovir in the treatment of herpes zoster [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8840413/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8840413/) this is not new research but remains VERY interesting. Reading in this sub re

Hello dear FM sufferers, I made a quick search about this topic but didn't find much, and I think it's something worth looking into. there are some theories linking the herpes virus i.e. cold-sore virus to fibromyalgia. There's even a study for a therapy going on that includes a standard antiherpeti

Doing a bit of a spring clean in the pharmacy and found this: http://imgur.com/Ruhu53u.jpg Anyone else have any ancient oddities they've found?