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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

New trial to test if anti-inflammatory drug colchicine prevents COVID-19 complications

A new international trial will examine whether a common anti-inflammatory drug known as colchicine could ward off COVID-19 symptoms and potentially prevent the need for hospitalization for some patients.

The study, which has the University of California-San Francisco and New York University School of Medicine as its first two clinical test sites, aims to enroll 6,000 newly diagnosed patients over age 40 and with at least one additional risk factor for serious COVID-19 complications, such as chronic pulmonary disease, heart disease, or age greater than 70 years.

“This is one of the very few COVID-19 trials designed specifically for patients who have not yet been hospitalized,” said Priscilla Hsue, a professor of medicine at UCSF and principal investigator for the UCSF study site, in a statement. “We suspect that early treatment, before the onset of severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, may provide the best chance to improve outcomes. By the time extensive lung damage has developed, it may be too late to intervene successfully.”

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https://www.foxnews.com/science/at-home-study-to-test-if-common-drug-prevents-covid-19-complications

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I took tylenol for my fever when it reached 101 , did this for 2 weeks until no fever.Tylenol took my temp.down to normal in about an hour . Very weak for another 3 weeks with a cough , I'm 77 and good to go now. Virus is gone now regaining my strength. Tylenol rocks!!

Anonymous said...

You are a fat, fascist asshole and I hope your business fails.

Anonymous said...

nasty side effects.

Anonymous said...

Nothing Facist about Tylenol

Anonymous said...

i took colchicine once for gout. i thought i was gonna die when the side affect hit. worse than any flu i ever had.