tonguilu01i was told it was gicen because of chicken pox in the past chicken pox is a from of herpes i was told is that true?
Can Famciclovir be used if dont have Herpes or HIV but just chicken pox?
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- 10 Dec 2010 by tonguilu01
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- hiv infection, famciclovir, antibiotic
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suzanne6610 Dec 2010
Yes, what you have been told is true. Famciclovir is an antiviral drug. Famciclovir can be used to treat chicken pox, which is caused by a virus from the herpes family called varicella-zoster
Famciclovir is also used to treat infections caused by herpes viruses, including genital herpes, cold sores, and shingles.
For more information see
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/famciclovir.html
http://www.drugs.com/enc/chickenpox.html
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