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Any side effects with use of Acyclovir (and Atarax) for Chicken Pox?
by animallovernyc, May 03, 2008 12:26PM
My husband (44) contracted Chicken Pox a few days ago (although the doctors are still not completely sure that it is chicken pox until another 2 or 3 days when the more specific biopsy results come back). It is really severe. His entire body is completely covered (and it came on rapidly). He was in severe pain as well as itching (although the itching seems to have subsided a bit). It is definitely not shingles because he never had chicken pox before and shingles was outruled. The doctor prescribed Acyclovir (for the virus) and Atarax (for the itching). I have done a lot of research on the two drugs to find out side effects, dangers and possible long term effects of the drugs. However, most results that come up are from medical websites. I want to know if anyone out there had any side effects (minor or major) as a result of taking these two drugs. It's really scary, because reading some of the biological explanations of Acyclovir indicate that it is a DNA mutagen and we are not quite clear if it means it is mutates his own DNA or if it mutates the viral DNA, or what that means long term. Any help?
Thanks.
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