acyclovir vs medication

acyclovir and medication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acyclovir	Yes	No	No	No
medication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medication is a hypernym of acyclovir; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than acyclovir:

acyclovir: an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of acyclovir include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.

acyclovir (noun)	medication (noun)
an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease