ABSTRACT
The study of the cytotoxic and antiviral effect of six commercial mixtures, eye drops type, underlined the advantages of using eye drops with Indomethacin for Herpetic Keratitis, due to the antiviral effect and also for the lack of cytotoxicity.
Subject(s)
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/pharmacology , Antiviral Agents/pharmacology , Indomethacin/pharmacology , Keratitis, Herpetic/drug therapy , Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology , Androgens/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Atropine/pharmacology , Dexamethasone/pharmacology , Drug Therapy, Combination , Ethylmorphine/pharmacology , Glucocorticoids/pharmacology , Humans , Indomethacin/therapeutic use , Nandrolone/pharmacology , Neomycin/pharmacology , Ophthalmic Solutions/pharmacology , Tobramycin/pharmacology , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The preventive and curative treatment of the eye herpetic infections involves, besides the antiviral therapy, also different approaches which can stimulate the natural protective capacity of the human body (the antiherpetic vaccine and the immunomodulation agents).
Subject(s)
Eye Infections, Viral/prevention & control , Eye Infections, Viral/therapy , Herpes Simplex/prevention & control , Herpes Simplex/therapy , Immunotherapy, Active , Adjuvants, Immunologic/therapeutic use , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Drug Therapy, Combination , Eye Infections, Viral/immunology , Herpes Simplex/immunology , Humans , Immunotherapy, Active/methods , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The development of the antiherpetic therapeutical system was remarkable in the last decade. Nucleoside analogs (5-iodine-2-deoxiuridine, citodine-arabinotide, adenine-arabinotide), as well as specific inhibitors of viruses (Zovirax or Acyclovir) are active medicines for both local and wide-spread forms of the herpes virus infection.
