What is antiviral therapy?

Anti-viral therapy is the equivalent of antibiotic treatment. However, while antibiotics target bacteria and parasites, anti-virals are drugs that target viruses in different mechanisms. There are many families within this group of drugs. Unlike antibiotics, antiviral Don’t destroy the pathogen, but rather prohibit its development and replication within the organism.  For this reason, antivirals tend to have a much smaller profile of side effects when compared to antibiotics.