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Acivir IV Injection
Acyclovir (25mg/ml)
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Acivir IV Injection is an antiviral medicine. It helps in treating viral infections like herpes labialis, herpes simplex virus infections, shingles, genital herpes infection, and chickenpox. It prevents the multiplication of viruses in human cells and therefore helps in clearing the infection.
Written By Dr. Swati Mishra, BDS,
Reviewed By Dr. Rajeev Sharma, MBA, MBBS,
Last updated on 25 May 2026 | 05:59 PM (IST)
Written By Dr. Swati Mishra, BDS,
Reviewed By Dr. Rajeev Sharma, MBA, MBBS,
Last updated on 25 May 2026 | 05:59 PM (IST)
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Product introduction
Acivir IV Injection is administered as an injection by a healthcare professional. Kindly do not self-administer. It is given by slow intravenous (I.V.) infusion over a 1-hour period to avoid damage to kidneys. You should drink plenty of water while on treatment with this medicine as it helps to prevent dehydration and kidney damage.
Some side effects include vomiting, nausea, and increased liver enzymes. You may also notice some injection site reactions like pain, swelling, or redness. Inform your doctor if these side effects persist for a longer duration. Please consult your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive, or breastfeeding.
Uses of Acivir Injection
Benefits of Acivir Injection
Herpes labialis
Herpes labialis causes recurrent cold sores around the lips and mouth. Acivir IV Injection helps shorten the healing time of sores, reduce pain and irritation, and lower the frequency of future outbreaks.
Herpes labialis causes recurrent cold sores around the lips and mouth. Acivir IV Injection helps shorten the healing time of sores, reduce pain and irritation, and lower the frequency of future outbreaks.
Genital herpes infection
Genital herpes leads to painful sores, itching, and discomfort in the genital area. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce symptom severity, promotes faster healing of lesions, and supports better long-term control of recurrent episodes.
Genital herpes leads to painful sores, itching, and discomfort in the genital area. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce symptom severity, promotes faster healing of lesions, and supports better long-term control of recurrent episodes.
Chickenpox
Chickenpox causes itchy blisters, fever, and general discomfort, especially in older children and adults. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce the intensity of symptoms and supports faster healing of skin lesions, improving overall comfort.
Chickenpox causes itchy blisters, fever, and general discomfort, especially in older children and adults. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce the intensity of symptoms and supports faster healing of skin lesions, improving overall comfort.
Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
Herpes simplex virus infections cause painful blisters and sores on the skin or mucous membranes. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce the severity and duration of symptoms, supports faster healing of sores, and lowers the chance of frequent flare-ups.
Herpes simplex virus infections cause painful blisters and sores on the skin or mucous membranes. Acivir IV Injection helps reduce the severity and duration of symptoms, supports faster healing of sores, and lowers the chance of frequent flare-ups.
Shingles
Shingles is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus and leads to painful rashes and nerve pain. Acivir IV Injection helps limit viral activity, which can reduce rash severity, ease pain, and support quicker recovery when started early.
Shingles is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus and leads to painful rashes and nerve pain. Acivir IV Injection helps limit viral activity, which can reduce rash severity, ease pain, and support quicker recovery when started early.
Side effects of Acivir Injection
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Acivir
- Vomiting
- Rash
- Nausea
- Dry skin
- Burning sensation
- General discomfort
- Itching
- Urticaria
- Inflammation of vein
- Dry lips
- Skin peeling
How to use Acivir Injection
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
How Acivir Injection works
Acivir IV Injection is an antiviral medication. It prevents the multiplication of virus in human cells. This stops the virus from producing new viruses and clears up your infection.
Quick tips
- It is given by slow intravenous (I.V.) infusion over a 1-hour period to avoid damage to kidneys.
- Drink plenty of water while on treatment with this medicine. This helps to prevent dehydration and kidney damage.
- If you have genital herpes, use barrier methods (condoms) for contraception and avoid sexual contact while the sores are present.
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to conceive or breastfeeding.
- Do not skip any doses and finish the full course of treatment even if you feel better.
- Drink plenty of water while on treatment with this medicine. This helps to prevent dehydration and kidney damage.
- If you have genital herpes, use barrier methods (condoms) for contraception and avoid sexual contact while the sores are present.
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to conceive or breastfeeding.
Safety advice

Alcohol
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Acivir IV Injection. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
The safety of Acivir IV Injection during pregnancy has not been established. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, and animal data on reproductive toxicity are insufficient. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing.

Breast feeding
CAUTION
Acivir IV Injection should be used with caution during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding should be held until the treatment of the mother is completed and the drug is eliminated from the body.

Driving
NOT RELEVANT
Not relevant, as Acivir IV Injection is intended for use in hospitalized patients.

Kidney
CAUTION
Acivir IV Injection should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.
It is advisable to drink plenty of water while you are taking this medicine.
It is advisable to drink plenty of water while you are taking this medicine.

Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited data available on the use of Acivir IV Injection in patients with liver disease.
Interaction with drugs
Taking Acivir with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects
Severe
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Oral Route)
Do not consume Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with Acyclovir. If concurrent use is essential, your doctor may monitor your kidney function closely.
Severe
Tacrolimus (Oral Route)
If concurrent use is essential, your doctor may monitor your tacrolimus levels, potassium levels and kidney function closely. They may adjust the doses as per the observations.
Severe
Ciclosporin (Oral Route)
Caution is advised when taking Ciclosporin with Acyclovir. Your doctor may closely monitor the effects of Acyclovir if used concurrently with Ciclosporin and adjust the dose if needed. Acyclovir may raise blood levels of Ciclosporin.
Severe
Ciclosporin (Injection Route)
Caution is advised when taking Ciclosporin with Acyclovir. Your doctor may closely monitor the effects of Acyclovir if used concurrently with Ciclosporin and adjust the dose if needed. Acyclovir may raise blood levels of Ciclosporin.
Moderate
Tizanidine (Oral Route)
Do not consume Tizanidine with Acyclovir. If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms such as breathlessness, fatigue, drowsiness, sedation or faintness or vomiting and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may monitor and adjust the doses as per the observations. Acyclovir may raise blood levels of Tizanidine.
Frequently asked questions
Acivir IV Injection is an antiviral medicine effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses. It does not cure infections caused by these viruses but helps to minimize the symptoms and shorten the duration of infection. It does not remove the viruses from the body but prevents the viruses from dividing and spreading.
Acivir IV Injection should be administered under the supervision of a trained healthcare professional or a doctor only and should not be self-administered. It is given by slow intravenous (I.V) infusion over a one hour period to avoid damage to kidneys. The dose will depend on the condition you are being treated for and will be decided by your doctor. Follow your doctor’s instructions carefully to get maximum benefit from Acivir IV Injection.
No, you can infect other people, even while you are being treated with Acivir IV Injection. Herpes infections are contagious, so avoid letting infected areas come into contact with other people. Avoid touching your eyes after touching an infected area. Wash your hands frequently to prevent transmitting the infection to others. You should practice safe sex by using condoms. You should not have sex if you have genital sores or blisters.
Serious side effects are rare, but if you experience them, you should seek medical advice right away. These rare side effects include hives, blistering or peeling rash, yellow skin or eyes, unusual bruising or bleeding, loss of consciousness, fits, difficulty in breathing, hallucinations and swelling of the face, tongue, lips or throat.
Older adults (over age 65 years) tend to experience more side effects when taking Acivir IV Injection. The reason being, their kidneys do not flush the drug out of their system as quickly as a younger person’s kidneys would do. Elderly patients should drink plenty of water while taking Acivir IV Injection, and their kidney function should be monitored. These patients should be given a lower dose and should be monitored for neurological problems.
Accidental, repeated overdoses of oral Acivir IV Injection over several days have resulted in nausea, vomiting, confusion and headache. Consult your doctor in case of overdose.
Patients with advanced HIV disease or patients with an impaired immunity have reported resistance to Acivir IV Injection. If you are not responding to Acivir IV Injection, the possibility of drug resistance should be checked.
Hair loss is an uncommon side effect of Acivir IV Injection. It stops when the medicine is discontinued.
Acivir IV Injection is an antiviral medicine effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses. It does not cure infections caused by these viruses but helps to minimize the symptoms and shorten the duration of infection. It does not remove the viruses from the body but prevents the viruses from dividing and spreading.
No, you can infect other people, even while you are being treated with Acivir IV Injection. Herpes infections are contagious, so avoid letting infected areas come into contact with other people. Avoid touching your eyes after touching an infected area. Wash your hands frequently to prevent transmitting the infection to others. You should practice safe sex by using condoms. You should not have sex if you have genital sores or blisters.
Serious side effects are rare, but if you experience them, you should seek medical advice right away. These rare side effects include hives, blistering or peeling rash, yellow skin or eyes, unusual bruising or bleeding, loss of consciousness, fits, difficulty in breathing, hallucinations and swelling of the face, tongue, lips or throat.
Older adults (over age 65 years) tend to experience more side effects when taking Acivir IV Injection. The reason being, their kidneys do not flush the drug out of their system as quickly as a younger person’s kidneys would do. Elderly patients should drink plenty of water while taking Acivir IV Injection, and their kidney function should be monitored. These patients should be given a lower dose and should be monitored for neurological problems.
Accidental, repeated overdoses of oral Acivir IV Injection over several days have resulted in nausea, vomiting, confusion and headache. Consult your doctor in case of overdose.
Patients with advanced HIV disease or patients with an impaired immunity have reported resistance to Acivir IV Injection. If you are not responding to Acivir IV Injection, the possibility of drug resistance should be checked.
Hair loss is an uncommon side effect of Acivir IV Injection. It stops when the medicine is discontinued.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Hypoxanthines
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
ANTI INFECTIVES
Action Class
Antiviral Agents (Non-HIV)
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References
- Acosta EP, Flexner C. Antiviral Agents (Nonretroviral). In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011. pp. 1594-1600.
- Safrin S. Antiviral Agents. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. pp. 846-47.
- Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. pp. 18-22.
- Aciclovir. Hayes, UK: Ranbaxy (UK) Limited a Sun Pharmaceutical Company; 2007 [revised 15 Aug. 2018]. [Accessed 29 Jan. 2019] (online) Available from:
- Chaves RG, Lamounier JA. Breastfeeding and maternal medications. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2004;80(5 Suppl):S189-98. [Accessed 29 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from:
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Herpes simplex virus infections
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Herpes labialis
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Others
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Genital herpes infection
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Chickenpox
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56%
Average
44%
Vomiting
17%
Nausea
17%
Fatigue
17%
Dizziness
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A licensed vendor partner from your nearest location will deliver Acivir IV Injection. Once the pharmacy accepts your order, the details of the pharmacy will be shared with you. Acceptance of your order is based on the validity of your doctor's ℞ and the availability of this medicine.
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Address: 5th Floor Tower - B of the Presidency Building, 46/4 Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, Sector 14, Gurugram, Haryana-122001, India
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