Rotavirus Infection: Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets

• Rehydration (fluid balance).
• Symptom relief

Therapy recommendations

• Symptomatic therapy (antiemetics/anti-nausea drugs, if necessary) including fluid replacement: oral rehydration for signs of dehydration (fluid deficiency); >3% weight loss); administration of oral rehydration solutions (ORL), which should be hypotonic, between meals (“tea breaks”) for mild to moderate dehydration.
• Compensation of electrolyte losses (blood salts).
• Antiviral therapy (therapy that is virostatic (virus-inhibiting) or virocidal (virus-destroying)) does not currently exist.
• See also under “Other therapy“.