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Genital herpes treatment: single course of tablets - £22.99  


Herpes treatment - register online
Step 1
Register online
Treating herpes - answer questionnaire Herpes treatment - make payment
Step 2
Answer questionnaire and make payment
Treating herpes - await delivery Herpes medicine - await delivery
Step 3
Sign for Aciclovir and take as instructed
Aciclovir 400mg herpes treatment - how we can help you
This confidential herpes treatment service is for people who already know that they suffer from genital herpes and want to have Aciclovir medicine ready to shorten the duration and severity of their next herpes outbreak. If you can't recognise the symptoms of a genital herpes outbreak, Aciclovir is unlikely to be of great use.
How the service works
Register online and fill in the questionnaire. If it's appropriate to do so, one of our doctors will then send you the oral herpes treatment. We'll dispatch your herpes treatment using Royal Mail Special Delivery. Someone will need to sign for it when it arrives.
Ordering more than one course of Aciclovir
You can request more than one course of treatment at a time by scrolling down the page.
How to take the Aciclovir
The Aciclovir genital herpes treatment we prescribe is an oral medicine. You need to take one 400mg pill three times a day for five days. You should start taking your Aciclovir as soon as you feel a herpes outbreak beginning.
Effectiveness of Aciclovir
While there's no cure for genital herpes, it's possible to reduce the duration and severity of a herpes outbreak by taking this herpes treatment. Taking Aciclovir 400mg as instructed typically lessons the duration of a herpes outbreak by one to two days.
Potential side-effects of Aciclovir
This antiviral herpes medicine can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea or an allergic rash.
Alternatives to this course of Aciclovir 400mg
Instead of taking one pill three times a day for five days, an alternative is to take a lower dose of Aciclovir five times a day for five days. Both courses of Aciclovir aim to reduce the severity and duration of an outbreak.
Ointment to reduce the discomfort of an outbreak
Some patients also take a local anaesthetic ointment that contains lidocaine 5%. The ointment does not reduce the severity or duration of an outbreak but aims to remove some of the discomfort felt. You can request the ointment here.
Herpes suppression therapy
Someone who gets five or more genital herpes outbreaks a year should also consider so-called 'suppression therapy' for genital herpes. We can offer herpes suppression therapy through this website. Please contact us via your online patient record if you want to learn more.
Herpes treatment - unsuitable patients
Don't request this treatment if you're allergic to Aciclovir or have liver or kidney disease.

Genital herpes treatment: three courses of tablets - £69.97  

Aciclovir 400mg herpes treatment - how we can help you
This confidential herpes treatment service is for people who already know that they suffer from genital herpes and want to have Aciclovir medicine to shorten the duration and severity of their next outbreak. If you can't recognise the symptoms of a genital herpes outbreak, Aciclovir is unlikely to be of great use.
How the service works
Register online and fill in the questionnaire. If it's appropriate to do so, one of our doctors will then send you the oral herpes treatment. We'll dispatch your herpes treatment using Royal Mail Special Delivery. Someone will need to sign for it when it arrives.
Ordering more than one course of Aciclovir
You can request more than one course of treatment at a time by scrolling down the page.
How to take the Aciclovir
The Aciclovir genital herpes treatment we prescribe is an oral medicine. You need to take one 400mg pill three times a day for five days. You should start taking your Aciclovir as soon as you feel a herpes outbreak beginning.
Effectiveness of Aciclovir
While there's no cure for genital herpes, it's possible to reduce the duration and severity of a genital herpes outbreak by taking Aciclovir 400mg. Taking Aciclovir 400mg as instructed typically reduces the duration of a herpes outbreak by one to two days.
Potential side-effects of Aciclovir
This antiviral herpes medicine can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea or an allergic rash.
Alternatives to this course of Aciclovir 400mg
Instead of taking one pill three times a day for five days, an alternative is to take a lower dose of Aciclovir five times a day for five days. Both courses of Aciclovir aim to reduce the severity and duration of an outbreak.
Ointment to reduce the discomfort of an outbreak
Some patients also take a local anaesthetic ointment that contains lidocaine 5%. The ointment does not reduce the severity or duration of an outbreak but aims to remove some of the discomfort felt. You can request the ointment here.
Herpes suppression therapy
Someone who gets five or more genital herpes outbreaks a year should also consider so-called 'suppression therapy' for genital herpes. We can offer herpes suppression therapy through this website. Please contact us via your online patient record if you want to learn more.
Herpes treatment - unsuitable patients
Don't request this treatment if you're allergic to Aciclovir or have liver or kidney disease.

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