| Drugs |
Dosage |
Adverse Effects |
Remarks |
| Acyclovir |
Mod-severe disease
10 mg/kg/dose IV tds for 7 days
Mild disease
20 mg/kg/dose PO qds for 7 days |
Renal toxicity, phlebitis, nausea, vomiting, rash, neutropenia |
Drug of choice for chickenpox |
| Foscarnet |
120 mg/kg/day IV in 3 divided doses for 7 days |
Renal toxicity, electrolyte imbalances including abnormalities in calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium, seizures, cardiac arrhythmias, elevated liver enzymes, CNS symptoms |
Useful in acyclovir resistant chickenpox |
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