There are many drugs used to treat viral infections. The drugs
used to treat topical viral infections such as Herpes Simplex type
I are: acyclovir (zovirax), Docosanol (Abreva), penciclovir
(Denavir). Drugs used to treat Herpes Zoster include Capsaicin
(Capsin, Zostix, Zostix-Hp). Drugs used to treat systemic viral
infections come in many categories as listed below: Drugs for Aids:
-CD4 lymphocytes Nucleoside and nucleotide Inhibitor drugs for
HIV/AIDS: -Abacavir (Ziagen); Adefovir (Dipivoxil); Didanosine
(DDI, Videx); Emtricitabine (FTC, Coviracil); Lamivudine (3TC,
Epivir); Stavudine (d4T, Zerit); Tenofovir (Viread); Zalcitabine
(ddC, Hivid); Zidovudine (AZT, Aztec, Retrovir) Nonnucleoside
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor: -Delavirdine (Rescriptor);
Efavirenz (Sustiva); Nevirapine (Viramune) Protease Inhibitor:
-Amprenavir (Agenerase); Indinavir (Crixivan); Neflinavir
(Viracept); Ritonavir (Novir); Saquinavir (Fortovase, Invirase)
Combination Drugs: -Kaletra (Lopinavir, Ritonavir); Combivir
(Lamivudine/ Zidovudine); Scriptene (didanosine, Zidovudine);
Trizivir (Abacavir, Lamivudine, Zidovudine) Other Drugs used for
HIV/AIDS: -aldesleukin (Porleukin); Ampligen; Atevirdine mesylate;
AZDU; Calanolide A; carbovir; CD4 human immunoglobulin; cytolin;
Dextran Sulfate; Diethyldthiocarbamate (Imuthiol); Foscarnet
(Foscavir); Gamimune N Immunoglobulin (Hivig); Hydroxyurea (Hydrea,
Mylocel); Immune globulin (Gamimune N); Immupath; Interferon
alfa-n3 (alferon LDO); Interferon beta-1a (Avonex, Rebif);
Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron); Interleukin-10 (Tenovil); Lidakol;
Multikine; Probucol (Panavir); Recombinant human CD4 (Receptin);
Soluble T4; Thymopentin (Timunox); Trichosanthin; tumor necrosis
factor; VaxSyn HIV - 1; Zintevir.