Aciclovir 400mg tablets

Țară: Regatul Unit

Limbă: engleză

Sursă: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Ingredient activ:

Aciclovir

Disponibil de la:

DE Pharmaceuticals

Codul ATC:

J05AB01

INN (nume internaţional):

Aciclovir

Dozare:

400mg

Forma farmaceutică:

Oral tablet

Calea de administrare:

Oral

Clasă:

No Controlled Drug Status

Tip de prescriptie medicala:

Valid as a prescribable product

Rezumat produs:

BNF: 05030201

Prospect

READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
•
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if their
signs of illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any possible side effects not
listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets are and what they are used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets
3.
How to take Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets
6.
Contents of the pack and other information.
1.
WHAT ACICLOVIR 400 MG TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets contain a medicine called aciclovir. This
belongs to a group of medicines called antivirals. It
works by killing or stopping the growth of viruses.
Aciclovir can be used to
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treat chickenpox and shingles
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treat cold sores, genital herpes and other herpes simplex infections
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stop these problems returning after you have had them
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stop these problems in people whose immune system works less well,
which means their bodies are less able to
fight infections
2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE ACICLOVIR 400 MG TABLETS
DO NOT TAKE ACICLOVIR 400 MG TABLETS:
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if you are allergic to aciclovir or valaciclovir or any of the other
ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
Do not take Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets if the above applies to you. If
you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist
before taking Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Aciclovir 400
mg Tablets
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if you have kidney problems
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if you are over 65 years of age
If you are not sure if the above apply to you, talk to

Caracteristicilor produsului

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Aciclovir 400 mg Tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each 400 mg tablet contains 400 mg aciclovir.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet
White to off-white, round (diameter: 11.8 mm), biconvex, uncoated
tablets
debossed with ‘AR and 400’ separated with breakline on one side
and plain on
the other side. The tablet can be divided into equal doses
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Aciclovir Tablets are indicated for the treatment of herpes simplex
virus
infections of the skin and mucous membranes including initial and
recurrent
genital herpes (excluding neonatal HSV and severe HSV infections in
immunocompromised children).
Aciclovir Tablets are indicated for the suppression (prevention of
recurrences)
of recurrent herpes simplex infections in immunocompetent patients.
Aciclovir Tablets are indicated for the prophylaxis of herpes simplex
infections in immunocompromised patients.
Aciclovir Tablets are indicated for the treatment of varicella
(chickenpox) and
herpes zoster (shingles) infections.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
_Dosage in adults _
_ _
Treatment of herpes simplex infections: 200 mg Aciclovir should be
taken five
times daily at approximately four hourly intervals omitting the night
time
dose. Treatment should continue for 5 days, but in severe initial
infections this
may have to be extended.
In severely immunocompromised patients (e.g. after marrow transplant)
or in
patients with impaired absorption from the gut the dose can be doubled
to 400
mg Aciclovir, or alternatively, intravenous dosing could be
considered.
Dosing should begin as early as possible after the start of an
infection; for
recurrent episodes this should preferably be during the prodromal
period or
when lesions first appear.
Suppression of herpes simplex infections in immunocompetent patients:
200
mg Aciclovir should be taken four times daily at approximately
six-hourly
intervals.