RECOMMENDED DOSAGES
FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPES OUTBREAKS
MEDICATION
DOSAGE
FIRST EPISODE OF GENITAL INFECTION
Acyclovir
400 mg by mouth three times a day for ten days, or 200 mg by mouth five times a day for ten days
Valacyclovir
1000 mg by mouth twice a day for ten days
Famciclovir
250 mg by mouth three times a day for ten days
RECURRENT EPISODIC GENITAL INFECTION
Acyclovir
400 mg by mouth three times a day for five days, or 200 mg by mouth five times a day for five days
Valacyclovir
500 mg by mouth twice a day for five days
Famciclovir
125 mg by mouth twice a day for five days
SUPPRESSION OF GENITAL INFECTIONS
Acyclovir Valacyclovir
400 mg by mouth twice a day
500 mg by mouth once a day or 250 mg by mouth twice a day for those with nine or fewer outbreaks a year, and 1000 mg once a day for those with ten or more outbreaks a year
Famciclovir
250 mg by mouth twice a day
TREATMENT OF COLD SORES
Acyclovir
400 mg by mouth three times a day for five days, or 200 mg by mouth five times a day for five days
Penciclovir cream
Applied every two hours while awake for four days
SUPPRESSION OF COLD
Acyclovir
400 mg by mouth twice a day
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