ACYCLOVIR Reviews (ACYCLOVIR)Average Rating: 2.9 (212 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACYCLOVIR with similar:
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| 3 | Shingles | Migraine, fatigue, mild gastro problems, joint pain. This is a miserable illness! I had severe hip/back pain for 4 weeks. Drs took X-rays & did so many tests. Then out popped this rash right where the pain is & I was relieved & in agony at the same time. With this medication rash is doing better & not getting anymore bumps. When you see the commercial for shingles... Believe it! Also get your shingles vaccine. I was going to get it next week... :( good luck & hang in there with this evil stuff & take your medication. . | F | 60 | 4 days 800mg 5x/d | 7/20/2013 | 4 | shingles | Flatulence! | M | 28 | 5 days 800mg | 6/11/2013 | 5 | Cold sore | Stops cold sore from coming to surface but gives headache and fatigue | M | 41 | 2 days 400 2X day | 3/20/2013 | 3 | Chicken pox | Insomnia; falling asleep at 4:00 A.M. | F | 53 | 7 days | 3/17/2013 | 5 | Genital herpes | I love it! It's like a wonder drug for herpes. I haven't had any side effects with it either. | F | 23 | 4 years 400 mg | 3/5/2013 | 5 | cold sores | None | F | 5 years 800 mg | 2/3/2013 | 4 | Cold sores | Ive suffered from cold sores as long as I can remember. If I can catch it at the tingle, I can prevent it from ever becoming a visible sore to anyone other than myself with acyclovir pills. It's amazing. If I catch it later it drastically cuts healing time down. I've used it as a preventative medicine as well if I feel like getting sick or going on a trip and realllllly don't want to worry about getting one. I also use tea tree oil with it. Side effects: severe acid reflux- regardless of what I eat or drink and I'm not prone to it otherwise. I also have pain in my back and head and just feel kinda lousy overall for the couple days of the heavy dose while killing the thing. I'm willing to deal with it. The pain, embarrassment and general discomfort of the cold sore is far worse in my opinion. | F | 34 | 4 days 400mg | 1/28/2013 | 3 | shingles | severe throbbing headache | F | 27 | 5 days 800mg 5X day | 1/26/2013 | 2 | Shingles | Extreme nausea and pain in abdomen when I Am about to pass gas. Been taking for 4 days now and the breakout has cleared up some but I have noticed a few areas popinjay up on my eye lid again. Every time I eat I feel extremely sick toy stomach some to the point where I vomit. Due to this I have lost over ten pounds. | M | 37 | 4 days 800mg | 11/29/2012 | 2 | Shingles | Horrible stomach cramping and diarrhea, headaches, tiredness, shortness of breath by day 4, when I decided to stop. | F | 27 | 4 days 800mg 5x/d | 11/20/2012 | 1 | HSV2 | None. This medicine hasn't worked at all. I was diagnosed visually. Im having a culture done just to make sure i wasn't misdiagnosed. I'm still burning still itching. I feel like I'm not taking any medicine. I'm going to get a second opinion. | F | 25 | 2 days 200 MG | 11/1/2012 | 5 | Shingles | At first the drug only caused chronic diarrhea, and G.E.R.D.. Then as time passed, I developed fatigue, joint pain, weight gain, loss of sex drive, muscle stiffness, and mood swings. | Prior to taking this drug I had constant shingles for almost 25 years without any relief. I participated in many studies (as a subject) on shingles without any signs of relief. Much of the time I also had cases of Staff infection from the open sores and blisters getting infected. I always had to be careful of anything causing physical or mental stress (loud music, too much sun, catching a cold, becoming angry or agitated, etc...) for fear that the shingles would become more prevalent. When I began my treatments, within a week 25 years of constant agony was gone! I do occasionally get brief bouts of shingles with only a fraction of the previous severity. I have developed Krohn's disease-like symptoms (without having the genetic disposition for it), but it is STILL worth taking the pills for me not to have Shingles. | M | 50 | 7 years 800mg 5X day | 10/25/2012 | 5 | Cold sores | Bad taste in mouth for last month. Nothing else unusual. | I have had cold sores since I was a baby. I discovered Chapstick SPF 15 when I was in my twenties. That has helped me as I spend a lot of time in the sun. However, stress and illness still triggered breakouts. I averaged about 6 to 8 breakouts a year. After a lifetime of enduring random painful breakouts, I decided enough was enough. I consulted my doctor and he put me on Acyclovir 200 mg daily. After I had two minor breakouts the following 2 months, he upped it to 400 mg daily. Worked for almost 8 months, and then I had three breakouts in less than a month. This third one is on top of my bottom lip and it is a large one, but it crusted over the next day. I have been taking 1600 mg (800 mg 2xdaily) for five days. I still have it but it is almost gone. Before this medicine, it would have taken a week or more to reach the crusty stage. I am going to talk to my doctor about upping the dosage to 800 mg daily. Hope it works to prevent future breakouts. I do use a topical product called Oil of Mercy. That helps as well to heal sores. | F | 47 | 9 months 400 mg 1X day | 8/21/2012 | 5 | genital herpes | I had no bad side effects. It doesn't make the outbreak go right away, but it definitely shortens the time, and cut the severe pain I was having in half. Sucks to have to take it so often though. | F | 21 | 3 months 400mg | 8/2/2012 | 1 | genital herpes- prevent shedding | abdominal pain, lower back pain, gas, fatigue, spotting in between period | I wanted to get started on suppressant therapy just because I never want to experience an outbreak. I chose acyclovir because I did research and determined that it had a pretty good success rate and the side effects are minimal, plus it is cheaper. Well of course my body doesn't go for the affordable medication and I have been experiencing a dull pain in my back and abdomen. I can mostly deal with this, but the gas and the spotting are a big nuisance. I haven't seen spotting as a possible side effect, but I know I'm not getting my period because I just had it. And I never experience this much gas during a period either, so I really know it's not that. Any other females experience spotting between their periods? I want to switch to famvir, but I'm afraid it will put me in the same situation, same with valtrex. Plus they are both way more expensive than acyclovir and I don't have insurance. Ugh. | F | 28 | 7 days 400 2X day | 8/1/2012 | 4 | Outbreaks every 3 weeks | Very tired. Very. Some days not so bad. But always wanting to nap. Have not had a breakout since though, and they were so frequent I think It's worth it. 400mg twice a day works for me. | M | 23 | 3 months 400mg 2xD | 5/29/2012 | 2 | HSV-2 | Extreme drowsiness. | It's a pain taking all these pills so many times a day. I recommend Valtrex instead. I'd honestly rather put up with an outbreak than have to take these pills. | F | 21 | 1 weeks 400MG 3X day | 5/13/2012 | 2 | Suppression and to avoid shedding | The medicine is causing symptoms of an OB such as tingling in the back of the leg and at the lesion site. | I have had no problems for over 20 years, but I am dating someone new and want to minimize the risks for him. I am so shocked to read that other people are experiencing similar issues that I'm having, the tingling as if an outbreak is coming. I am going to stop. Life and past relationships were perfect previously and I don't want to start having any OBs. | F | 42 | 8 days 200mg 2X day | 3/27/2012 | 2 | Nothing not working | F | 29 | 1 months | 3/16/2012 | 1 | Herpes, types 1 & 2 | Fatigue, drowsiness, constipation, flatulence, nausea, hair loss, acne, GU pain (along the whole system), insomnia | Is it worth taking? | F | 33 | 365 days 1g 1X day | 3/12/2012 |