A cheap, generically available anti-depressant may reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 disease by close to a third in people at high risk, researchers reported
A trial among about 1,500 patients in Brazil showed those who took the drug, known as fluvoxamine, were less likely to progress to severe disease and to require hospitalization. Doctors test popular anti-depressant to see if it fights off Covid-19 The drug, sold under the brand name Luvox, is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor most often used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder and depression. But it can affect inflammation, said Dr.
It wasn't a perfect study, they noted. It was done in Brazil, and the patients had a higher rate of hospitalization than Covid-19 patients in other clinical trials."There is no standard of care that exists for early treatment of COVID-19 and various advocacy groups promote different interventions, including some of those evaluated in this and our previous trials.
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