Famciclovir 250mg Tablets

Famciclovir 250mg Tablet is a medicine that fights viruses. This medicine helps to treat viral infections such as cold sores, genital herpes, shingles, and other herpes infections. It stops the virus from spreading in our body’s cells and helps get rid of the infection.

It also helps with herpes outbreaks that cause cold sores around the mouth or genital area. Famciclovir is a medicine that helps to reduce the number of episodes of genital herpes in people who have frequent outbreaks. It is an antiviral drug. But it doesn’t heal these infections. The viruses that make you sick can stay in your body even when you’re not feeling sick. Famciclovir helps make outbreaks less severe and shorter. It makes cuts and sores heal faster, stops new ones from coming, and reduces pain and itching. This medicine might also make the pain go away faster after the sores are healed. Also, for people with a weaker immune system, famciclovir can lower the chance of the virus spreading to different parts of the body and causing serious infections.

How To Use?

• Before you start taking famciclovir and each time you get more medicine, read the information leaflet from your pharmacist.
• Take this medicine with or without food as your doctor tells you, usually 2 to 3 times a day.
• This medicine works better if you start taking it right when you notice the first signs of an outbreak, as your doctor has told you to do. If you wait to get treatment, it might not work as well.
• The amount of medicine you take depends on how sick you are and how well the medicine is helping you.
• This medicine works better when the same amount of it is always in your body. Take this medicine regularly at the same times each day. Take it at the same times each day to aid in memory.
• Keep taking this medicine until you have taken all of it as the doctor told you to. Always follow your doctor’s instructions and do not change or stop taking this medication without their permission.
• Notify your physician if your issue persists or worsens.

Benefits

Here are the main advantages of the Famciclovir 250 mg tablet:

How antiviral drugs work: Famciclovir is a medicine that changes into another form in the body and helps to stop viruses from making more of themselves, which helps to treat viral infections.

Antiviral Treatment That Works Against Many Different Viruses: Famciclovir works well against different kinds of herpes viruses, like cold sores and chickenpox.

Increased effectiveness in absorbing a substance into the body:Famciclovir is better absorbed when taken by mouth than acyclovir. This means it reaches higher and more consistent levels in the body.

Easy to measure doses: The 250 mg tablet makes it easy to take the medicine, usually 3 times a day. This can help patients follow their treatment plan.

Effectiveness in sudden and repeated infections: Famciclovir helps treat viral infections like genital herpes when they happen and also helps manage them when they come back.

Less virus coming out of the body: Famciclovir has been proven to make viral shedding last for less time and be less severe, which can lower the chance of spreading the virus to other people.

Good safety record: Famciclovir 250 mg is usually okay to take, but it may cause headaches, nausea, and diarrhea for some people.

Possibility for people with weakened immune systems: Famciclovir can help treat viral infections in people with weakened immune systems, like those with HIV/AIDS or getting chemotherapy.

Side Effects

• Itching
• Abnormal liver function tests
• Increased lipase in the blood
• Elevated levels of serum amylase
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Rash
• Abdominal pain

Precautions

• Before you start taking famciclovir, let your doctor or pharmacist know if you are allergic to it, penciclovir, or any other things. This product might have things in it that don’t do anything, but can still make you have allergies or other issues. Ask your pharmacist for more information.
• Before you take this medicine, let your doctor or pharmacist know about your past health issues, especially if you have had problems with your kidneys.
• This medicine might sometimes make you feel lightheaded or sleepy. Drinking alcohol or using marijuana (cannabis) can make you feel more dizzy or sleepy. Don’t drink too much alcohol. Speak with your doctor if you use marijuana (also called cannabis).
• This medicine might have lactose in it. If you cannot have lactose because of certain health problems, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
• Before you have surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the things you use, like medicines and herbal products.
• Do not get specific shots (like the vaccine for chickenpox) unless your doctor says it’s okay.
• The drug can have stronger effects on older people, like feeling dizzy, tired, confused, or having trouble with their kidneys.
• Famciclovir does not stop genital herpes from spreading. To reduce the risk of giving herpes to your partner, avoid having sex if you have a herpes outbreak or symptoms. You can give someone genital herpes even if you don’t have any signs of it. Always use a barrier like a condom or dental dam during sex. 
• This medicine should only be used during pregnancy if it is really necessary. It could harm a baby who is breastfeeding. 
• Talk to your doctor before giving your baby breast milk.