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US 5,331,012 AGranted
Topical pharmaceutical preparation for fever blisters and other viral infections and method of use
OwnerKenneth B. Riddick, Joe G. Matheson, Jr. +1inventors
InventorsKenneth B. Riddick, Joe G. Matheson, Jr., Louis E. Mizelle, Jr.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and pharmaceutical composition for treating fever blisters or cold sores in mammals, and particularly in humans, by topically administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising ethyl alcohol in a concentration of at least 85% W/V and lidocaine in a concentration of 0.5-10% W/V at a periodicity of at least 10 to 12 times daily.
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A pharmaceutical composition for topically treating fever blisters, and Herpes virus infections in mammals consisting essentially of:
- ethyl alcohol in a concentration of about 95% W/V;
- lidocaine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a concentration of about 2% W/V;
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- camphor in a concentration of about 1% W/V.
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