 Chemical structures of the three components of inosine pranobex (from top to bottom: inosine, acedoben and dimethylamino isopropanol) | |
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| Inosine | Immunostimulant |
| Dimethylaminoisopropanol | Immunostimulant |
| Acedoben | Immunostimulant |
| Clinical data | |
| Trade names | Imunovir, Delimmun, Isoprinosine |
| Other names | Methisoprinol |
| AHFS/Drugs.com | https://www.drugs.com/international/isoprinosine-500mg.html |
| Routes of administration | Oral |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.048.313 |
Inosine pranobex (BAN; also known as inosine acedoben dimepranol (INN) or methisoprinol) is an antiviral drug that is a combination of inosine and dimepranol acedoben (a salt of acetamidobenzoic acid and dimethylaminoisopropanol) in a ratio of 1 to 3. Inosine pranobex has no effect on viral particles itself.[citation needed] Instead, it acts as an immunostimulant, an analog of thymus hormones.[1]
Inosine pranobex has been used in SSPE, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, HIV, influenza virus, and airway virus infections, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus infections.[2] The effect on SSPE is unclear, it is not a cure for it.[3]
