Hikma Acyclovir 500mg Vial 500 mg

Country: Jordan

Language: English

Source: JFDA (Jordan Food & Drug Administration - المؤسسة العامة للغذاء والدواء)

Active ingredient:

Acyclovir 500 mg

Available from:

شركة أدوية الحكمة - Hikma Pharmaceuticals

ATC code:

J05AB01

INN (International Name):

Acyclovir 500 mg

Dosage:

500 mg

Units in package:

5 Vial

Manufactured by:

الحكمة فارماسيوتيكل (البرتغال)

Patient Information leaflet

COUNCIL OF ARAB HEALTH MINISTERS, UNION OF ARAB PHARMACISTS
THIS IS A MEDICAMENT
• A medicament is a product which affects your health, and its
consumption contrary to instructions is dangerous.
• Follow the doctor’s prescription strictly, the method of use and
the
instructions of the pharmacist who sold the medicament.
• The doctor and the pharmacist are experts in medicine, its
benefits
and risks.
• Do not by yourself interrupt the period of treatment prescribed
for you.
• Do not repeat the same prescription without consulting your
doctor.
Keep all medicaments out of reach of children
2INHAVR-E-01/2016
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET (PIL)
HIKMA ACYCLOVIR
® 250 & 500 MG VIALS
Acyclovir (as sodium)
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE.
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if
their symptoms are the same as yours.
• If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side
effects not listed in this leaflet,
please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What Hikma Acyclovir is and what it is used for
2. Before you take Hikma Acyclovir
3. How to take Hikma Acyclovir
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Hikma Acyclovir
6. Further Information
1. WHAT HIKMA ACYCLOVIR IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Hikma Acyclovir contains a medicine called acyclovir. This belongs to
a group of medicines called
antivirals. It works by killing or stopping the growth of viruses.
Hikma Acyclovir can be used to:
• treat chickenpox
• treat severe cases of genital herpes
• treat and stop cold sores and genital herpes in people whose
immune systems work less well, which
means their bodies are less able to fight infections
• treat serious virus infections in children up to 3 months of age.
This can rarely be caused by the virus
responsible for cold sore infection and genital herpes.
•