Drug used to treat Ebola may help COVID-19 patients, preliminary results suggest

[admin]

Preliminary results suggest an antiviral drug may treat severe COVID-19 cases.

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[Hildy]

To my mind the key word is help. In a study by Nevan Krogan of the University of California, San Francisco, nearly 70 drugs were identified as possibly effective against COVID-19 symptoms.

FDA Approved Drugs Show Promise Against COVID-19

However, experts stressed that this research is still in its early stages, so people shouldn't try any of the drugs now to prevent or treat COVID-19.

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[Michael Pirrung]

I put together a video on how remdesivir works.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg7p8NvQtZU

 

[Michael Pirrung]

To my mind the key word is help. In a study by Nevan Krogan of the University of California, San Francisco, nearly 70 drugs were identified as possibly effective against COVID-19 symptoms.

FDA Approved Drugs Show Promise Against COVID-19

However, experts stressed that this research is still in its early stages, so people shouldn't try any of the drugs now to prevent or treat COVID-19.

www.webmd.com

Sure, but even if one of those were going to be the panacea, it is way behind remdesivir in development. What we are studying today, clinically, is what will help first.