It a drug which stimulates the immune system and has antiviral activity
It is a drug which stimulates the immune system
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.