This Medicine requires a physician's prescription.

Generic Name: Aciclovir

Brand Name: RiteMed®

Strength: 800 mg

Form: Tablet

Manufacturer: Ritemed Phils., Inc.

Indications/Uses:
Treatment of Herpes simplex virus infections of the skin & mucous membrane including initial & recurrent genital herpes; varicella infections (chicken pox); herpes zoster (shingles). Prevention of herpes simplex virus infections in immunocompromised patients including recurrent infections. Management of severely immunocompromised patients including those w/ advanced HIV disease (CD4+ counts <200/mm3, including patients w/ AIDS or severe AIDS-related complex) or following bone marrow transplantation.