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Which is the great medicine for chickenpokes and which is the great medicine for malaria and also give me answer quickly.
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Chicken pox does not need medication and for malaria chloroquine is the comments Aciclovir is an antiviral medicine that is sometimes given to people with chickenpox. Aciclovir may be prescribed to: Pregnant women Adults, if they visit their GP within 24 hours of the rash appearing Newborn babies People with a weakened immune system (the body?s defence system) Ideally, aciclovir needs to be started within 24 hours of the rash appearing. It does not cure chickenpox, but it makes the symptoms less severe. You normally need to take the medicine as tablets five times a day for seven days.
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