Antiviral drug development is now progressing at the pace antibiotics were 30 years ago. At present, there are some 60 antiviral drug preparations that have been approved by the US FDA ...
"Current standard treatment is a seven- to 10-day course of an antiviral, including the study drug valacyclovir," Dr. Cohen added. "We explored longer-term treatment because, while the standard ...
Four antiviral drugs are available for the prevention and treatment of influenza infections: oseltamivir, zanamivir, rimantadine and amantadine. Oseltamivir and zanamivir are neuraminidase ...
At the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health, where she has been since she stopped seeing patients in 2010, Cohen has been working to understand if existing, low-cost antiviral ...
Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to new research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...
Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, a professor of ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, designed the study, after she was, herself, affected by shingles-related vision loss years ago. The study ...