Famciclovir: Revision history

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21 April 2026

  • curprev 17:3717:37, 21 April 2026 Aidan talk contribs 1,370 bytes +1,370 Created page with "== Background == * Antiviral closely related to acyclovir * Oral prodrug to penciclovir, which is phosphorylated by viral thymidine kinase then by cellular kinases to its active triphosphate form inside of infected cells * Competitively inhibits DNA polymerase by competing with deoxyguanosing triphosphate, getting incorporate into the replicating DNA strand and halting further replication * Indicated for the treatment of herpes zoster virus and herpes simp..." Tag: Visual edit