# E-DRUG: Acyclovir or valazyclovir? **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [November 13, 1998, 5:53am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-acyclovir-or-valazyclovir/3825 "1998-11-13T05:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@bev](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/bev)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1998, 5:53am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-acyclovir-or-valazyclovir/3825/1 "1998-11-13T05:53:09Z")
E-DRUG: Acyclovir or valazyclovir? (5) Where these drugs are appropriate, valacyclovir is now recommended by the Victorian STD guidelines because it can be given 3 times a day rather than 5 times a day. As shown by Joel Lexchin, in other ways the drugs are similar. Valacyclovir costs a bit less but that could vary in different countries. Beverley Snell Public Health Pharmacist International Health Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research P O Box 254 Fairfield Australia 3078 Telephone 613 9282 2115 / 9282 2275 Fax 613 9482 3123 email \ [discussion closed - thanks for all submissions! WB] -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.