Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 25%Low 3 · 75%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Duration of symptoms from onset of treatment · men and women with their first episode of genital herpes

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for men and women with their first episode of genital herpes 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 195 participants
Low

Duration of lesions from onset of treatment · men and women with their first episode of genital herpes

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for men and women with their first episode of genital herpes 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 195 participants
Low

Adverse events ‐ pain with topical application · men and women with their first episode of genital herpes

Topical acyclovir showed no clear difference in adverse events ‐ pain with topical application compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for men and women with their first episode of genital herpes 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.74 [0.46, 1.2]
3 studies · 247 participants
Low

Time to recurrence · men and women with their first episode of genital herpes

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for men and women with their first episode of genital herpes 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 129 participants
Very low