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These highlights do not include all the information needed to use ACYCLOVIR CREAM safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for ACYCLOVIR CREAM. ACYCLOVIR cream, for topical use Initial U.S. Approval: 2002
Medication labelWhy this: Advisory · dailymed-prescription
Acyclovir cream is a herpes simplex virus (HSV) deoxynucleoside analogue DNA polymerase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores) in immunocompetent adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older.
- generic_name
- acyclovir
- product_names
- Acyclovir
- ndc
- 51672-1361, 51672-1361-9, 51672-1361-5
- group
- drugs
- license
- us-gov-pd
- attribution
- Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine
- reviewed
- 2026-09-18
- language
- en