Acyclovir is a prescription medication, which stops the progression of viruses by preventing them from dividing and multiplying. This custom drug treats viral infections caused by the varicella virus, which is responsible for conditions such as genital herpes, cold sores, shingles, and chicken pox. 
While the drug does not actually get rid of the viral infections, it can shorten the length of the infections and reduces the infection’s severity in some patients.
The pillar of the community American Integrative Pharmacy (AIP), led by the perspicacious Dr. Neema Yazdanpanah, provides compounding pharmacy treatments to patients in Long Beach, Torrance, Los Angeles, South Bay Orange County, Southern California areas, and nationwide.
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The drug is used for treating infections created by some types of viruses. It treats chickenpox, shingles caused due to herpes zoster, and cold sores around the mouth caused by the herpes simplex. Acyclovir is also used for the treatment of a genital herpes outbreak. Patients who suffer frequently from herpes outbreaks should use the medication to reduce its occurrence.
Acyclovir is an antiviral drug, which does not cure the infection and the viruses that create the infections go on to stay in the body, even between outbreaks. The medication, however, decreases the length and severity of the outbreaks, decreases itching and pain, preventing the formation of new sores, and also helping the sores to heal faster.
Patients who have a weakened immune system can also benefit from the drug because it keeps the virus from spreading to other parts of the body and thereby lowers the chances of infection.
What Conditions does Acyclovir Treat?
Acyclovir can effectively treat:
- Chickenpox, genital herpes, cold sores, and shingles
- Encephalitis, which occurs due to the presence of Herpes Simplex Virus.
- Herpes Simplex Infections that keeps on recurring
- Herpes Simplex Infection of the mucopus membranes and skin
- Herpes Simplex Infection that occurs in the body of a newborn baby
- Herpes Infection of the brain and its surrounding tissue
- Liver Infection which is a result of the Latent Varicella Zoster Virus
- Infection throughout the body caused by the Listeria Monocytogenes
- Liver inflammation caused by Herpes Simplex Virus
- Shingles in patients who do not have a normal immune system
How to use Acyclovir?
Acyclovir can be taken orally via the mouth, both with or without food, at least two to five times in a day as directed by a medical practitioner. Patients must also drink adequate fluids while on a course of acyclovir unless the health care provider instructs otherwise.
Acyclovir is most beneficial when a patient starts on it at the very first symptom of an outbreak. Patients should not delay getting a check-up and should immediately start on the medication as directed by the medical practitioner. The benefit of the medicine can diminish if it is not started on time.
The drug provides optimum benefits when the amount of dosage is maintained at a constant level. The righteous and dependable American Integrative Pharmacy receives patients from Long Beach, Torrance, Los Angeles, South Bay Orange County, Southern California areas, and from the west all the way to the east coast for compounding pharmacy treatments.
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