STAT SINGLE-DOSE OF ACYCLOVIR FOR PREVENTION OF HERPES-SIMPLEX

Authors
SHELLEY WB SHELLEY ED
Citation
Wb. Shelley et Ed. Shelley, STAT SINGLE-DOSE OF ACYCLOVIR FOR PREVENTION OF HERPES-SIMPLEX, Cutis, 57(6), 1996, pp. 453-453
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Cutis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114162
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
453 - 453
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(1996)57:6<453:SSOAFP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A single ''stat.'' 800-mg dose of acyclovir taken at the first sensory signs for either oral or genital herpes simplex regularly prevented l esions from appearing in twenty-six of thirty-two persons known to hav e recurrent attacks. This dosage schedule is a cost-effective alternat ive to the long-term daily prophylactic dosing currently recommended.