• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Idoxuridine In Herpes Zoster: Further Evaluation Of Intermittent Topical Therapy
  • Beteiligte: Dawber, Rodney
  • Erschienen: British Medical Association, 1974
  • Erschienen in: The British Medical Journal, 2 (1974) 5918, Seite 526-527
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0007-1447
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  • Beschreibung: In a randomized double-blind controlled trial of the value of intermittent topical idoxuridine in treating herpes zoster in 118 patients idoxuridine 5% in 100% dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), applied four-hourly for four days, significantly shortened the vesicular phase, healing time, and duration of pain; idoxuridine 25% applied two-hourly produced no greater benefit. The only side effects were transient tender erythema in three patients and "urticarial" oedema in two patients with dermographia.