Laurie Wheeler and Acyclovir:
Acyclovir is transferred into milk at the rate of about 0.6 to 5.8 mg/
Liter of milk, depending on the study, and the dose. At a maternal dose
of 800 mg fives times daily, the milk levels ranged from 4.16 to 5.81
mg/L. Total daily dose per day would be approx. 0.73 mg/kg/day. Acyclovir
(30 mg/kg/day) is used postnatally for herpes infections in the pedi ICU's
with few side effects.
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T.W. Hale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
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