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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1995
Leonard A Herzenberg, Stanford, CA (US);
Leonore A Herzenberg, Stanford, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of treating viral infection comprises the step of administering to a patient harboring a disease-inducing virus other than HIV-1, the virus being one for which an intracellular thiol deficit causes or exacerbates expression of viral genetic information by transcription, translation or viral replication, such as human rhinovirus, an amount effective to inhibit transcriptional or translational expression of genetic information or replication of the virus, of an N-(C.sub.1-4)-acylcysteine, such as N-acetyl cysteine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Prevention of disease symptoms and reduction of their severity results from the foregoing treatment. Combination of N-(C.sub.1-4)-acylcysteine or its salt with another antiviral drug or drug for alleviating symptoms of viral infection provides additional therapeutic benefits.