Thursday, February 21, 2013

AKI from valacyclovir?

Today in fellows clinic we saw an octogenarian with acute renal failure of unclear etiology.  She has CLL (in remission) and is on valacyclovir for chronic, recurrent HSV.  The question arose of whether valacyclovir is associated with acute kidney injury.

I happened upon this study which came out in AJKD last month.  Contrary to conventional wisdom, acyclovir and valacyclovir do not appear to be associated with AKI hospitalizations, at least within 30 days of new Rx, and as compared with famciclovir.

1 comment:

  1. valacyclovir is a best medication to treats herpes virus infections, including shingles and chicken pox in children.

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