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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?! ;-) ] ______________________________________________________________ Dr. David Jobson The Surgery, Main St Surgery Tel +44 (0)1728 830526 Leiston Surgery Fax 832029 Suffolk Home Tel 831100 IP16 4JG email [log in to unmask] * SLMR 2.1a * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%