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Clinical Trial
. 1983 May;6(1 Suppl):49-56.
doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(83)94129-4.

A randomised controlled study of intravenous acyclovir (Zovirax) against placebo in adults with chickenpox

W Al-Nakib, S Al-Kandari, D M El-Khalik, A M El-Shirbiny
Clinical Trial

A randomised controlled study of intravenous acyclovir (Zovirax) against placebo in adults with chickenpox

W Al-Nakib et al. J Infect. 1983 May.

Abstract

In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous acyclovir (ACV) in normal adults with chickenpox, the drug was shown to have a significant effect on the duration of vesicles, on virus counts after one day's treatment and in lowering the body temperature on the third, fourth and sixth days of treatment. There were no significant effects on the duration of symptoms or on the evolution of the rash. No adverse effects of acyclovir were seen.

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