[Current therapy: immunopharmaceuticals]

Abstract

Immunopharmarca are classified as follows: thymus factors and hormones, lymphokines and cytokines, microbial products, drugs with potential effects on the immune system, and external immunomodulators. We discuss new drugs and substances such as Timunox, Tp-1 Serono, delimmun, Isoprenosine, recombinant interleukin 2, Immuneron, tumor necrosis factor, Sandimmun, and diphencyprone, as well as drugs already known like Levamisole, Bestatin, gold, sulfones, and sulfopyridines.