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:
Medicines
$substanceName is the active ingredient of these drugs:
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
Hong Kong
Finland South Africa
Hong Kong
Ecuador Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Hong Kong Singapore
Italy
Tunisia
Brazil
Tunisia
South Africa
Hong Kong Singapore
Poland
Hong Kong
Singapore
South Africa
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
Hong Kong
Singapore
France
Brazil
Poland
Ecuador
Finland
Brazil
Brazil
Poland
Poland
Brazil
Poland
Hong Kong
France
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
Hong Kong
Ecuador
Italy
France United States
Hong Kong
Cyprus Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Italy
Tunisia
Singapore
Cyprus
Singapore
New Zealand
Ecuador
Ireland
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Singapore
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong Singapore
Lithuania
Austria
Ecuador
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
$substanceName is also found within below combination drugs:
ACTIVIR DUO , XERESE , ZOVIDUO , ZOVIRAX DUO
Product monographs
Medicine agencies around the world have authorized marketing of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):