Aciclovir
Also known as: Acyclovir
Active ingredient description
Acyclovir is an antiviral agent with activity against herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus. Acyclovir inhibits the DNA polymerase of the virus, preventing further proliferation.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Product monographs
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
Medicines
Aciclovir is the active ingredient of these drugs:
Romania
Italy
Austria
Germany
Brazil
Brazil
Austria Germany
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
South Africa
South Africa
Brazil
Estonia Germany
Poland
Finland
Hong Kong
Finland Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Austria France South Africa
Finland
Turkey
Hong Kong
Finland South Africa
Hong Kong
Ecuador Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Turkey
Ecuador
Hong Kong Singapore
Italy
Tunisia
Brazil
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Tunisia
South Africa
Hong Kong Singapore
Poland
Hong Kong
Singapore
South Africa
Mexico
Tunisia
Italy
Italy
Ecuador
Hong Kong
Brazil
Ecuador
South Africa
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Cyprus Hong Kong
Italy
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Brazil
Brazil
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Poland
Brazil
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Turkey
Turkey
Hong Kong
Singapore
France
Brazil
Turkey
Poland Tunisia
Romania
Ecuador
Finland
Brazil
Brazil
Poland
Poland
Brazil
Poland
Hong Kong
France
Turkey
Netherlands
Ecuador
Spain
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Ecuador
Australia New Zealand Singapore
South Africa
Cyprus Estonia Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong
Tunisia
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Italy
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Turkey
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Italy
France United States
Hong Kong
Cyprus Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Italy
Turkey
Tunisia
Singapore
Cyprus
Singapore
New Zealand
Ecuador Turkey
Ireland
Romania
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Singapore
Hong Kong Singapore
Romania
Hong Kong Singapore
Lithuania Romania
Austria
Ecuador
Turkey
Turkey
Hong Kong Singapore
Cyprus
Hong Kong Spain
Australia Germany Hong Kong New Zealand Poland
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Germany
Hong Kong
Austria Cyprus Finland Germany Poland
Brazil
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Spain
Austria Brazil Canada Cyprus Ecuador
Hong Kong
Brazil
Aciclovir is also found within below combination drugs:
ACTIVIR DUO , HERPAZON , XERESE , ZOVIDUO , ZOVIRAX DUO
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₈H₁₁N₅O₃
Molecular mass: 225.205 g/mol