Full description:
Acyclovir Denk 200 is indicated for the treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections of the skin and mucous membranes including initial and recurrent genital herpes (excluding neonatal HSV and severe HSV infections in immunocompromised children).
What Acyclovir Denk contains:
- The active substance is aciclovir. Each tablet contains 200 mg aciclovir.
- The other ingredients are microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate, povidone K25, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate, maize starch.
Possible side effects:
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The frequency of side effects is classified as follows:
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people
Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people
Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1000 people
Very rare: may effect up to 1 in 10000 people
Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
Major side effects or signs that you should look out for, and what to do if you are affected. If any of the following symptoms of severe allergic reactions occur, you must stop taking this medicine and seek medical assistance immediately:
- sudden difficulties in breathing, speaking or swallowing, shortness of breath
- weakness, drop in blood pressure
- swelling of the lips, tongue, face or throat.
Severe allergic reactions (anaphylactic reactions,angioedema, dyspnoea) are rare. If any of the following signs occur that affect the nervous system, you must stop taking this medicine and seek medical assistance immediately: general physical restlessness, states of confusion, trembling, movement and speech disorders, delusion, depersonalization, seizures, pathological brain changes, insomnia and impaired consciousness, including loss of consciousness.
These side effects, which wore off when the medicine was discontinued, have usually occurred in patients with damaged kidney function or other diseases that promote the onset of these unwanted effects. These side effects are very rare.
Furthermore, the following side effects can occur
Common:
- dizziness, headache
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain
- itching, skin rash, increased sensitivity to sunlight
Uncommon:
- nettle rash
- tiredness, fever
- diffuse hair loss has been reported with the use
of aciclovir, although the relationship is unclear
Rare:
- increase in certain blood test results (liver values, kidney values, bile pigment, urea)
Very rare:
- decrease in the number of red or white blood cells, decrease in the number of platelets
- acute kidney failure, kidney pain
- liver inflammation (hepatitis), jaundice.
How to take:
The tablets should be swallowed whole with adequate liquid (one glass of water) after meals. Especially in patients with impaired renal function, adequate fluid intake should be ensured during treatment.
Special note
Acyclovir Denk 200 should be administered as early as possible after the first symptoms of an infection occur. Particularly in case of recurring herpes simplex infections the medicine should be taken upon the first signs of a renewed infection (i.e. itching, tension, first blisters).
