This invention relates to the field of
medicine and concerns a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by
RNA- and
DNA-containing viruses, and concomitant diseases, which envisages the use of an effective amount of a compound of general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing the aforesaid compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by
RNA- and
DNA-containing viruses, which contain an effective amount of a compound of general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention solves the problem of providing a novel agent effective in the treatment of diseases caused by
RNA-containing viruses belonging to the
enterovirus genus, the
metapneumovirus genus, the
pneumovirus genus, the
respirovirus genus or the alphacoronavirus genus, and
DNA-containing viruses belonging to the adenovirus family and the herpesvirus family, and also effective in the prophylaxis and treatment of
asthma exacerbations, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease,
cystic fibrosis, conjunctivitis, gastroenteritis,
hepatitis and
myocarditis, and in the prophylaxis and treatment of
rhinorrhea, acute and
infectious rhinitis,
pharyngitis,
nasopharyngitis,
tonsillitis,
laryngitis, laryngotracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis,
bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia or obstructive airways syndrome.