Acyclovir for Mononucleosis User Reviews
Brand names: Zovirax, Sitavig
Acyclovir has an average rating of 10.0 out of 10 from a total of 3 reviews for the off-label treatment of Mononucleosis. 100% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience.
- Cindy
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 29, 2012
"Hope that my information will be read by doctors and the creators of that wonderful and reliable website. I would like to tell, that for me the Acyclovir is sometimes not working while taken as pills, but it ALWAYS works very good, when given in the form of infusions. Of course the doctor must fit the amount of the days when the drips will be given to a patient (it is usually 5-6 days up to 10 days) to the amount of the virus. But it always works - I recovered from the EBV thanks to that five times. I am a proof it always works this way."
- zombi...
- June 6, 2013
"I had some unusual herpes-like symptoms that came with my mononucleosis, and they prescribed this to me thinking that even if it did not help, it would not hurt me. I had found astonishing results and it made all my symptoms less drastic and made me get over it much faster."
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- Lex
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 27, 2022
"My daughter was battling with what they said was tonsillitis. After 6 days and no improvement on antibiotics we went back to the doctor and they diagnosed her with mono after the finger prick test and sent us home with a lidocaine oral wash and nothing else. Her tonsils were extremely large with white spots all over them. She had a muffled voice and pain every time she swallowed. I have a prescription for acyclovir, and knowing that mono is the Epstein bar virus I gave her half a pill of 400mg. She went to sleep and miraculously woke up with zero white spots on her tonsils, and the inflammation went down enough that she could breathe from her nose, open her mouth to yawn without pain. It worked like a miracle I don’t know why the medical community doesn’t put two and two together and lets people suffer with EBV sometimes for months on end."
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"This drug literally saved my life. I had a "low replication" chronic epstein barr virus infection for years without knowing it. This led to a very debilitating case of CFS for me. After 2 years I got to the point where I was so weak that I would go to sleep feeling like I might not ever wake up again. Then, I found a naturopath who put me on Acyclovir. The first two weeks were tough because it caused a severe herx reaction, but I have been on it for 8 months now, and I feel like a living energetic person again. This little pill literally saved me when countless doctors couldn't. If you would like to read about treatment for CFS with this drug: google valacyclovir and chronic fatigue"