Patent ID: 6140371
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A61K,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of providing a protective effect on plasma cell membranes in an animal in order to avoid cellular damage and to prevent the deleterious effect of diverse injuries caused by a viral infection or an immunodeficiency syndrome of non-viral etiology, the method comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of lidocaine hydrochloride (xylocaine) said amount provides a protective effect on plasma cell membranes, wherein said viral infection caused by a virus is selected from the group consisting of: rotavirus, parvovirus, enterovirus, rhinovirus, calicivirus, aphtovirus, coronavirus, papovavirus, adenovirus, viral hepatitis A, and infectious bursal disease virus (gumboro); and said immunodeficiency syndrome of non-viral etiology is acute hemorrhagic diarrhea.