Active Ingredient: Valaciclovir
Valaciclovir is indicated:
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
1,000 - 1,000 mg
From 500 To 500 mg 2 time(s) per day every day for 5 day(s)
The dose is 500 mg of valaciclovir to be taken twice daily (1,000 mg total daily dose). This dose should be reduced according to creatinine clearance.
For recurrent episodes, treatment should be for three to five days. For initial episodes, which can be more severe, treatment may have to be extended to ten days. Dosing should begin as early as possible.
For recurrent episodes of herpes simplex, this should ideally be during the prodromal period or immediately upon appearance of the first signs or symptoms. Valaciclovir can prevent lesion development when taken at the first signs and symptoms of an HSV recurrence.
It can be taken with or without food.
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