ACYCLOVIR Reviews (ACYCLOVIR)Average Rating: 2.9 (215 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACYCLOVIR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACYCLOVIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | HSV II | I began taking acyclovir in the 1990s for maintenance, I always insisted on TEVA manufactured acyclovir since others caused bad side effects. Now TEVA quit making acyclovir, one manufacturer Carlsbad uses wood pulp fillers made me sick as a dog, new manufacturer putting something has my tongue inflamed, metallic taste in my mouth, Itchy lips which I am sure is a type of allergic reaction and isn't helping much with the outbreaks. To buy name brand Zovirax is $500 a month, I cant afford that. Report your side effects, read what's in them especially the inactive ingredients, I will keep searching for a generic version but first I need to fo more research. | Petition TEVA to begin manufacturing it again. | F | 60 | 20 years 400 mg | 2/18/2020 | 5 | Shingles | While this drug helped, the side effects were diabolical! Why doesn’t the pharmaceutical company tell the truth! I suffer from depression, and no one would admit that this driug made my emotional state a total wreck. Insomnia, spaced out feeling, crying, agitated! Shame on this manufacturer for lying about these side effects!!!!!!! | F | 55 | 7 days 800mg x 5 | 1/4/2020 | 3 | HSV-2 | I was prescribed to take this medication for 5 days (3/400 mg pills per day). The first 2 days I felt nauseous/overall not well. Third day I felt shortness of breath. The fourth day I felt shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and constipation. I am not sure if I am going to take my last 3 doses on my 5th day. I became too nervous when I had the shortness of breath and heart palpitations. It Does seems to be clearing up my OB. However, I can see where some people would rather just wait it out instead of taking the meds. I also drank at least 5 16.9 oz water bottles a day as the instructions indicates that it should be taken with plenty of water. I am wondering if my doctor would have prescribed me with lower dose would it have decreased my side effects. I don’t know why she prescribed so much anyway as she states that my OB was mild. She also prescribed the cream. I didn’t even use it yet but it probably would have had less side effects. I think the only thing that helped my side effects not be extremely bad was the amount of water I was drinking . | F | 35 | 5 days 400 mg | 1/3/2020 | 2 | Herpes | I already have bad anxiety but this is making me more anxious, I feel sad all the time, my stomach is giving me problems, I feel spaced out, I find myself pooping constantly throughout the day and I’m never hungry...these meds are ruining me | Wouldn’t recommend | F | 21 | 1 weeks 400mg | 11/4/2019 | 1 | Herpes | This drug made me feel terrible. Extreme head pressure, spaced out, nauseous, dizzy, flared my fibromyalgia, completely lethargic couldn’t bring myself to do a thing. | Honestly would have rather waited the symptoms out! | F | 28 | 7 days 1200mg day | 10/29/2019 | 1 | SCT and shingles | Loss of appetite, depression, severe anxiety, high bilirubin in lab work , Pale colored stool | M | 58 | 4 weeks 400 mg x2 | 10/14/2019 | 4 | For herpes | Severe headaches, ear and neck pain, nausea, confusion, lightheaded, joint pain, tiredness, confused. | I rarely get outbreaks | F | 48 | 10 years 30 | 10/1/2019 | 3 | Hsv2 | Nausea, stomach cramps, agitation, sadness, loneliness, headaches, body aches, fatigue | It gets rid of the outbreaks but not sure it's worth the side effects! I think I will just stick to a low dose as needed or just wait it out this is the most tired, sick, and depressed I have ever felt! | 43 | 9 days 800mg | 9/15/2019 | 1 | Shingles | Extremely anxious, explosive diarrhea, shaking, panic attacks, tremors in my head movement involuntarily. Depression. | F | 54 | 5 days 800 mg’s | 9/14/2019 | 1 | Cold sore | General uneasiness, increase heart rate, forgetfulness, anxiety, high blood pressure, feel like muscles are always tense, including others that I can’t recall at the moment. | Is topical cream still available, it was a miracle cure for cold sores, pill form is like eating poison! | M | 63 | 2 days 400 | 8/27/2019 | 2 | hsv2 | I hate this drug. I have headaches, I feel exhausted and as if I’m getting sick everyday I take this. I feel weak and it’s making me depressed | I think valtrex is better, but more expensive | F | 30 | 7 days 400 x2 | 7/31/2019 | 1 | Singles | ⚠️⚠️⚠️WARNING Took this pills (Aciclostad) for 7 days. On the second day I felt like I had a stroke and got trembling and paralysis over my arms and legs and had a panic attack. Since then my head felt dazed and i got high pulse every day. I went to hospital, they checked my brain with MRT, Lumbal Punction and 5x blood tests - couldnt find a thing. Thats now almost 4 weeks ago and I'm still feeling dizzy in my head, I have lack of concentration and I'm feeling tired the whole day and have sleep problems. Please be aware before taking this substance. I couldn't imagine that a medicine you only take for 7 days can damage your psyche so hard. It almost feels like a depression. Im trying to do sports and use CBD to manage my panic attacks. | M | 23 | 7 days 5x800MG | 7/21/2019 | 2 | Shingles on roof of my mouth! | Headache. Anxiety & depression. No appetite. Diarrhea. Weak. Increased insombia BIG time. Back pain. | I am supposed to take x 10 days. No way will be able to do. Sores are improving but there has to be a better tolerated drug than this. | F | 56 | 5 days 800mg 5xs | 5/26/2019 | 1 | Shingles | Tingling on head and legs, detached , panic attack, lethargic. | I decided to stop taking this med. I noticed each day I was taking it, I gradually felt more off. I couldnt explain it, I just felt like something wasnt right. I went to the ER on the 4th night of taking Acyclovir feeling extremely cloudy. I told them I had a stiff neck my chest hurt and I kept getting a stabbing pain in the back of my head.They did an EKG, blood work, CAT scan and a spinal tap. Everything came back negative. 2 days later my symptoms got worse. It became so severe I got a panic attack. I never had a panic attack. I thought I was having a heart attack. I couldnt catch my breath, my heart was racing, my body was shaking. That lasted for about 4 mins. I tried to calm myself but I couldnt stop it. That was scary as hell. I searched severe side effects for this med, and saw that my symptoms are related to Acyclovir, with the exception to the panic attack. | M | 53 | 7 days 800 | 5/26/2019 | 1 | After bone marrow transplant | Severe depression, anxiety, loneliness | 59 | 6 months 800 MG | 2/5/2019 | 1 | Cold sores | Heart palpitations, increased adrenaline, anxiety | Stopped taking it | F | 50 | 4 days 200mg | 12/6/2018 | 1 | HSV1 | This drug has made me so ill. The stomach ache, headache, tiredness and horrific nausea followed by loss of appetite and severe depression went on for 2 weeks even after ceasing to take the medication. It didn't even stop any OB's either. Absolutely no benefit to taking whatsoever and made my symptoms worse if anything. | Stay away! | F | 39 | 5 days 400mg | 12/4/2018 | 1 | Cold sores | After the last tablet I started to have panic attacks and severe diarrhea, tiredness, fear, brain fog, lack of concentration, hives, joint or nerve pain, blurry vision, uncontrollable thoughts, nausea I am having those symptoms for 4 months now and my doctor told me that all my tests are good and they said there is no way that the medication would stay that long in my system, but I was very healthy before I took it. It turned my life to a nightmare | F | 23 | 5 days 400 | 10/28/2018 | 3 | Shingles | Nausea, anxiety, depression, shivers, difficulty breathing, tired, loss of appetit. | I took this a week after I got shingles thinking it was just a painful rash. It did help heal my shingles quickly and I think being on my 5 day on this my shingles have healed by 90% but I was taking it 5 times a day. But I really want to stop because of how awful this med makes me feel. I almost had a panic attack because I thought I was dying since I felt so sick. It works but it’s a nightmare. | F | 26 | 5 days 800mg | 10/7/2018 | 1 | Shingles | Tired weak wheezing | Bad drug | 49 | 10 days 800mg 5x d | 9/27/2018 |