Tag Archives: acyclovir
Herpes medication not linked to birth defects
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Doctor.
Women who took herpes medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren’t more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn’t take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark. While the finding doesn’t rule out a link between these antivirals and specific types of birth defects, [...]
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Herpes Drug Might Also Slow HIV Progression
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Doctor.
New research suggests that people who are infected with both HIV-1, a strain of the AIDS virus, and herpes simplex virus type 2 could benefit in more than one way by taking a herpes drug acyclovir. In addition to treating herpes, the medication appears to also slow the progression of HIV. “While the HIV-disease ameliorating [...]
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Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Doctor.
Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests. As a matter of fact, even when it’s not causing an outbreak, the virus is shedding tiny bits of itself in the genital tract. While the study did not specifically address whether or not the very [...]