ACTIVIR 5% Cream Tubes of 2 G

ACTIVIR 5% Cream Tubes of 2 G
Therapeutic class:   Dermatology
Active ingredients:   Aciclovir
Statute:   Drug not subjected to medical regulation
Laboratory:   Glaxosmithkline Health GP

Indications

Treatment of pushed labial herpes localized (also called “buttons of fever”).

Posology

Cutaneous way.
Reserved with the adult and the child of more than 6 years.
- To apply the cream, 5 times per day, to the herpetic lesions sitting exclusively on the level of the lips.
- The treatment is more effective if it is begun as of the primary symptoms announcing a push from labial herpes.
- The duration of treatment should not exceed 10 days.

Against indications

- Antecedents of over-sensitiveness to aciclovir it or with the one of the excipients.
- Children of less than 6 years.
- Eyepiece Applications, intra-oral or intravaginale.

Undesirable effects

- Feelings of tinglings or burns transitory can follow the application of the cream.
- Among some patients, an erythema or a cutaneous dryness was observed.
- Risk of eczema of contact, because of the presence of propylèneglycol.