How is Lectroject Better than pills or injections?
There are a number of ways of taking medication. (1) Apply Acyclovir cream to the sore: This is the least effective method; trials have shown that cream works only on the surface of the skin, viruses deeper in the tissue are not affected. In fact a simple solution of Savlon and salt is better. (2) Take Acyclovir Pills (tablets): The tablet is swallowed, a large percentage of the active ingredient is destroyed by gastric acids, whats left enters the blood stream and circulates through the liver which metabolizes (destroys) the acyclovir while damaging the liver to some extent. (3) Hypodermic or intravenous injection: More effective than tablets, with this method, medication doesnt go through the stomach and intestines so the digestive juices are not a problem. Injected medication goes directly into the bloodstream. The problem with injected drugs is that they still circulate through the liver and are destroyed there. (4) Lectroject: Lectroject picks up the acyclovir and carries it in a
