Coxsackie A/B: Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets

• Improvement of the symptomatology
• Avoidance of complications

Therapy recommendations

• Symptomatic therapy (analgesics/pain relievers or anti-inflammatories/anti-inflammatory drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), anti-emetics/anti-nausea and anti-nausea drugs), as appropriate).
• Antivirals (are currently being tested).
• Gamma globulin preparations (preferably from convalescent sera/blood serum used for passive immunization and derived from people who have just survived a specific infectious disease and whose blood thus has a high content of specific antibodies).
• Interferon – seems to be effective in cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) (more studies to follow).
• Antibiotics (for bacterial superinfection/secondary infection).
• See also under “Further therapy“.