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Medication

Famciclovir

Antiviral (nucleoside analog prodrug)

Brand names: Famvir

Oral health effects

  • Treatment of herpes/zoster (therapeutic)

    Alternative antiviral for HSV and varicella-zoster, including trigeminal zoster.

    Clinical management: Early initiation; coordinate zoster care with the physician.

Sources

  1. Adverse drug events in the oral cavity. Yuan A, Woo SB. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 2015.