Word: acyclovir
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...least a dozen methods have been tried, without notable success, to cure herpes. Among them: vitamin C, injections of inactive herpes viruses, fluorescent light, ether, even zinc in the diet. An ointment containing 2-deoxy-D-glucose seemed promising a year ago, but researchers are not so optimistic now. Acyclovir (ACV), an antiviral drug, looks promising, but testing is far from complete or conclusive. Smallpox vaccine has been tried unsuccessfully, and vaccines in general are viewed warily: if herpes does in fact cause cancer, some vaccines could increase the risk by increasing the number of herpes viruses in the body...
...Clyde S. Crumpacker II, assistant professor of Medicine at the Medical School, and his colleagues at the hospital who are studying the effects of the drug acyclovir on cold sores, said yesterday they will administer the drug in ointment form to 50 of the 100 volunteers. The other 50 will receive a placebo or dummy drug that does not contain the anti-viral agent found in acyclovir...
...acyclovir is proven effective in treating simplex 1 type herpes, it may be effective in treating herpes simplex 11, also known as genital herpes...