产品特点
PART II
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Aciclovir 800mg Dispersible Tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains Aciclovir 800mg.
For excipients, see 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Dispersible tablet
White oval dispersible tablet with S95 embossed on one side and scored on the reverse.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Aciclovir Tablets are indicated for the treatment of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles) infections.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
_TREATMENT OF VARICELLA AND HERPES ZOSTER INFECTIONS_
800mg aciclovir should be taken five times daily at approximately four-hourly intervals, omitting the night time dose.
Treatment should continue for seven days.
In severely immunocompromised patients (e.g. after marrow transplant) or in patients with impaired absorption from
the gut consideration should be given to intravenous dosing.
Dosing should begin as early as possible after the start of an infection: Treatment of herpes zoster yields better results if
initiated as soon as possible after the onset of the rash. Treatment of chicken pox in immunocompetent patients should
begin within 24 hours after onset of the rash.
CHILDREN
_TREATMENT OF VARICELLA INFECTIONS_
6 years and over
800mg aciclovir four times daily.
2 to five years
400mg aciclovir four times daily.
Under 2 years
200mg aciclovir four times daily.
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_Date Printed 23/11/2006_
_CRN 2030408_
_page number: 1_
Treatment should continue for five days.
Dosing may be more accurately calculated as 20mg/kg bodyweight (not to exceed 800mg) aciclovir four times daily.
No specific data are available on the suppression of
阅读完整的文件
产品特点 