Herpes SOS

Acyclovir is invented by Gertrude Elion and George Hutchings
who together received the Nobel Prize in 1988. Acyclovir is very
available for over a decade and the most common brand name is
Zovirax.
Acyclovir is an antiviral agent used to cure different types of
Herpes viruses, like
• Herpes Simplex 1: Causes Oral Herpes also known as
cold sores
• Herpes Simplex 2: Causes Genital Herpes
• Varicella Herpes Zoster: Causes shingles and
chickenpox
• Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis)
Acyclovir can’t kill any Herpes viruses and here is no cure for any
Herpes viruses now. Once you’ve be infected by a Herpes virus it may stays in your body for whole life although it is latent most of the time. Acyclovir could help you to treat the outbreaks and symptoms of Herpes and reduce future outbreaks of some Herpes viruses.
Episodic Treatment of Herpes Simplex 1
Acyclovir is very often used to treat Oral Herpes caused by Herpes
Simplex 1. Episodic treatment means herpes symptoms and herpes outbreak would be treated. If you use the cream, you should try to use it as soon as you feel any irritation around the mouth prior to an outbreak, as it will have the best effect. Be careful when you use the cream:
• Please not use your fingers to apply the cream, use a cotton
bud
• Please wash your hands first
• Please avoid to touch the tip of the cotton bud
• Please not dip the cotton bud more than once in the cream,
use several if needed