Use of fatty acids for the treatment of diseases associated with cytokines

Abstract

Use, in the preparation of a medicament for use in the treatment of a disease state associated with the endogenous presence and/or production of a cytokine, of arachidonic acid or an analogue thereof capable of interfering with the binding of the cytokine to the cellular receptor for the cytokine. The arachidonic acid or analogue thereof can be used to alleviate the symptoms of the common cold or of influenza.