Paul Cauldwell wrote:
DR>I don't think it's worth treating simple chickenpox. All the antivirals are
DR>very expensive and results indifferent for it. The local virologists at the
DR>PHLS only use it for pneumonia or encephalitis, even then the results are
not
DR>spectacular.
This might be 'cos by the time such complications occur it is
to late for anti-viral to help.
I thought D & TB was unequivocal a couple of years back - Rx
all adults with the pox.
DR>They also feel that treating shingles is worth it only for
DR>ophthalmic zoster if given within 72 hours. Apparently varicella is only
DR>partially sensitive to the antivirals- despite what the companies say.
Unless its changed in the past few weeks, Acicolvir is the
only one with UK product licence for c-pox as opposed to
Herpes Zoster.
[why did they change the spelling from acyclovir?! ;-) ]
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