ACYCLOVIR Reviews (ACYCLOVIR)Average Rating: 2.9 (212 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACYCLOVIR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACYCLOVIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | hsv1 and HSv2 | really bad tiredness and headaches and iffy stomach/nausea plus it just made me feel awful in a spaced out way. turned out to be something called reiters syndrome and eventually given antibiotic treatment (after 8 years) which helps a lot. this is perianal and outbreaks mainly buttocks and thighs and internally leading to abcess. my experience,having tried a wide range of antivirals and doses is that they did not lessen the severity or duration of episodes for me at all and they made me feel really really sick | i have found gum clinic doctors don't believe acyclovir or pen/vala/famcyclovir isnt working or that symptoms of herpes 2 might be linked to other symptoms that indicate bacterial infection caused by it, i have been to hell and back with this virus including many colorectal admissions and | F | 8 years 400 3X day | 8/29/2014 | 3 | herpes 2 | Side affects are extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, diarrhea, spaced out all day, very depressed and weepy...general yucky feeling. Thirsty all the time and my mouth tastes horrible. | F | 33 | 7 days 800mg | 8/26/2014 | 3 | HSV2 | First, it works and it's cheap. Taking if for a horrible primary outbreak. After a few days in had cleared remarkably (first outbreaks can last 6 weeks). However, it has come with great cost. My stomach and intestines are in HELL. I have eaten nothing for about two weeks (the outbreak made me sick too). A few sips of meal replacement kill me. And the fatigue.. God. Only a few more days.. Knowing this will pass is the only thing getting me through the day. I just hope I don't get frequent outbreaks and have to take this evil stuff regularly. | F | 32 | 10 days 400/3x | 8/20/2014 | 5 | shingles | I am taking the drug for 5 days so far. It will be 10 days total. On my shingles in 5 days I see significant reduction of the shingles area. The side effect I have is that my skin is sensitive to sunlight. That means my skin on my head peels as if I spent 2 hours in the sun without protection. But actually I just spent few minutes in the sun each because I live in hot state. Overall this drug is good. Hope it helps you too. | M | 60 | 10 days 800mg 1X day | 7/26/2014 | 4 | Recurrence of Shingles | Fever, nausea, tremors, abdominal pain, severe fatigue, night sweats/ sleep disturbances. | As soon as I saw shingles rash in the same place as before went to doctor and got this (kinda aggressive course). I think it is useful because not as much pain and the rash healing better than first time but it's like the virus and drugs are fighting in my body! So less time of any shingles symptoms, but hard to stomach and tolerate. | F | 20 | 4 days 800 MG 5X day | 7/25/2014 | 3 | herpes 1 and 2 | Mild headaches and diarrhea at first but after taking for a couple of years bad stomach pain and constipation followed | M | 28 | 4 years 400 mg 3×d | 7/20/2014 | 1 | Chickenpox | Insomnia - feeling low - getting angry easily - very thirsty | F | 19 | 7 days 800MG x 5 | 7/13/2014 | 1 | hsv1 | today is my second day with acyclovir im feeling extremely sick (nausea and diahhrrea, headaches and body soreness) also it makes me very angry. sucks I have this for life :'( | F | 21 | 2 days 400mg 3x | 6/15/2014 | 4 | shingles | Headaches, nausea, gas, itchy skin, moodiness, exhaustion, joint pain | Helped clear rash up faster. | F | 36 | 7 days 30mg 1X day | 6/11/2014 | 5 | Oral and Genital herpes | Got this drug from my primary care Dr. in capsule form and was fine. Then I went to Planned Parent Hood and got it in tablet form same dosage. I had the most horrible head pressure and went to the hospital twice. Now I'm having tremors, head pressure, tingling all over my body, facial spams. I'm so upset. I'm convinced that the lab that made the tablets mixed something wrong. I had no effect with the same drug in capsule form. This seems strange. Please be careful guys. I'd take the herpes symptoms over these neurological ones any day. This is horrible! | F | 35 | 4 weeks 400 2X day | 5/20/2014 | 1 | Oral and Genital Herpes | I'm having horrible head pressure, tremors, weakness, fatigue, depression. Tingling when I take the medication. | I am going to see if another drug works better. | F | 35 | 2 months 200mg 4X day | 4/27/2014 | 1 | cold sore | Migraine...i use to take zodiac which would comfort the pain and heal it quickly..acyclovir doesn't do anything and I get full blown cold sore which lasts about 2 wks. It's awful product!!!! | F | 47 | 1 days | 3/24/2014 | 3 | genital herpes | 3 day migraines,trouble breathing,easily agitated | M | 32 | 10 years 400 | 3/10/2014 | 3 | Hsv1 | Headache that lasted about 2 days. Frequent urinating. Pain in lower abdomen that comes and goes. Menstrual spotting medium to heavy while taking BC pills daily. | Started medication on a Tuesday, today is Saturday and I still have sores. I can see improvement, but it hasn't healed any faster. Note: I get them really bad just after a yeast infection. They cover inside and out of top, right side of my lip. Also, the lower right side (outside), lower left (outside), and entire bottom inside near the gum line. Never had a simple, little, one spot, breakout. Lips and gums swell to the point of visits to the ER. Better results with this med than with valtrex. Cramping and spotting makes it almost not worth taking due to length of time it takes to heal sores. Need a miracle. | F | 34 | 10 days 400 MG 3X day | 2/22/2014 | 1 | shingles (forehead) | Day 2 of taking 800 mg 5 times a day. Severe headache, seems to spark the tingling and needle prick sensation, bad nausea.I'm not taking anymore. It states the drug doesn't get rid of shingles,it just cuts down the outbreak time. I felt 4,000 mg a day a bit much..and taken for 10 days. Good luck everyone! | F | 54 | 2 days 800 | 2/19/2014 | 4 | Having dermabrassion done | Gas, big time! I am prone to headaches and they have increased. | This is being taken to prevent cold sores while recovering from dermabrassion being done around my mouth:-) Started 2 weeks before surgery and will continue through 1 week following. I am on day 9 and gas, especially in the evening and night is crazy bad. Have had 2 sudden onset migraines and today just feel tired and generally yuck! Not sick but not well felling today but this is the first dsy of feeling that way. Also Headachey without a full blown headache, those who have headaches know what I mean. I will continue to take since all in all it is manageable and short term | F | 56 | 9 days 200mg 2X day | 2/7/2014 | 3 | Genital herpes | The headaches/migraines I get when I take the medicine are so severe that I can't really even take the medicine. About 6 to 8 hours after taking med, severe headache. | F | 50 | 5 years 200 mg 1X AN | 1/26/2014 | 5 | genital herpes two | funky stinky urine smell and gas. stupid the tingling I feel at the site of outbreak. | F | 27 | 1 days | 1/24/2014 | 4 | Cold Sores | Extreme Fatigue | Seems to really speed up the healing process but the fatigue is a little much. | M | 24 | 5 days 800mg 2X day | 10/29/2013 | 3 | HSV2 | Works wonderfully, no out breaks for 5 months :) after previously getting up to 6 occurrances a year. However it has come at the cost of fatigue. I feel tired a lot of the time, muscles get tired and stiffer more easily, suspect it is also inhibiting recovery from sports injuries. Not sure which is better long term | M | 31 | 5 months 500mg 2X day | 9/18/2013 |