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Why are there drugs to treat bacterial infections but very few to treat viral infections?

April 26, 2017bacterial drugs infections treat viral

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Why are there drugs to treat bacterial infections but very few to treat viral infections?

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Because antibiotics are effective against bacteria and not against viruses. Viruses use our own cell pathways, so in a sense, to poison a virus you have to poison yourself. Tricky for drug design. Viruses can mutate (change) quickly….that’s why we get a new (and different) flu vacine each year.