Conditions you should tell your Doctor about before taking Acyclovir:
Stricktly follow the doctor's advice on taking Acyclovir medication. Inform your doctor of any other medical conditions such as, allergies to foods, sulfites or other preservatives.
If you are or may be pregnant, or if you plan on becoming pregnant, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using Acyclovir during pregnancy. The doctor's advice on taking Acyclovir is very essential.
Acyclovir is excreted in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using this medicine, check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby.
Dehydration or kidney disease can increase blood levels of Acyclovir, which would increase the chance of side effects.
Take your Doctor's advice on taking Acyclovir.
Inform your if you're taking any of the following medicines:
- Any medicine for infection or
- Carmustine (BiCNU)
- Cisplatin (Platinol)
- Combination pain medicine containing acetaminophen and aspirin (Excedrin)
- Cyclosporine (Sandimmune)
- Deferoxamine (Desferal)
- ganciclovir
- Gold salts (medicine for arthritis)
- Inflammation or pain medicine
- Lithium (Lithane)
- Methotrexate (Mexate)
- narcotics
- Nephrotoxic agents
- Penicillamine (Cuprimine)
- Plicamycin (Mithracin)
- Probenecid
- Streptozocin (Zanosar)
- Tiopronin (Thiola)
- valacyclovir
Use of these medicines with Acyclovir may increase the chance for side effects, especially for those with kidney disease.
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