Acyclovir Capsules and Delafloxacin Meglumine

• Generic Name: acyclovir
• Dosage Forms: capsule
• Other Brand Names: Sitavig, Zovirax

Acyclovir is an antiviral drug. It slows the growth and spread of the herpes virus in the body. It will not cure herpes, but it can lessen the symptoms of the infection.

Acyclovir is used to treat infections caused by herpes viruses, such as genital herpes, cold sores, shingles, and chicken pox, as well as varicella (chickenpox), and cytomegalovirus.

Acyclovir may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: delafloxacin
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Baxdela

Treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) caused by susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA; also known as oxacillin-resistant S. aureus or ORSA] and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus), S. haemolyticus, S. lugdunensis, Streptococcus pyogenes (group A β-hemolytic streptococci, GAS), S. agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS), S. anginosus group (includes S. anginosus, S. intermedius, and S. constellatus), Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa.