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Acyclovir, shingles, kidney transplant

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A few weeks ago I had shingles. I was put on acyclovir 800mg 5x a day. Then, from different doctors, they kept telling me that's a high dose for a kidney transplant patient as it can damage it. I spoke to my nephrologist and he didnt seem concerned at all and told me to take them as prescribed by my primary care doctor. I had lab drawn after about 2-3 weeks of finishing the medication. I kept worrying about my kidney function through the entire thing. Just got my results and my creatinine is 1.77. Usually my baseline is 1.5-1.6. Any info or advice on your experience of acyclovir or similar experience would be much appreciated. Did I take the wrong dose..

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Hi,

I had shingles last October and was also given the same dose of acyclovir. It is ok for tx patients. Your blood results will return to normal, mine did. My blood results are always raises when I have an infection or virus etc and while taking antibiotics. They have always come back down so far.

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Thank you so much for responding to my question! Much appreciated. Meeting with my Neprhologist tomorrow. Thank you!

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