THE COMBINATION OF ORAL VALACYCLOVIR WITH TOPICAL CLOBETASOL THERAPY WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE TIME TO HEAL FROM HERPES LABIALIS

Sung-Kiang Chuang; Jie Han Timothy Sng

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101962

THE COMBINATION OF ORAL VALACYCLOVIR WITH TOPICAL CLOBETASOL THERAPY WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE TIME TO HEAL FROM HERPES LABIALIS

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2024 Mar;24(1):101962. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101962. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Authors

Sung-Kiang Chuang, Jie Han Timothy Sng

PMID: 38448120
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101962

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Koe KH, Veettil SK, Maharajan MK, Syeed MS, Nair AB, Gopinath D. comparative efficacy of antiviral agents for prevention and management of herpes labialis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2023 Mar; 23(1):101778. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2022.101778. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID: 36914303.

Source of funding: None.

Type of study/design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Keywords: Antiviral agents; Efficacy; Herpes labialis; Management; Network meta analysis; Prevention; Systematic review; Treatments.

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MeSH terms

Clobetasol
Herpes Labialis* / drug therapy
Humans
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Systematic Reviews as Topic
Valacyclovir / therapeutic use

Substances

Clobetasol
Valacyclovir