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In Small Study, Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Appears to Help COVID-19 Patients

News Picture: In Small Study, Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Appears to Help COVID-19 Patients

THURSDAY, May perhaps 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In the scramble to come across medicines that defeat back COVID-19, scientists from Italy report encouraging success from a smaller review on a rheumatoid arthritis drug already in use.

The drug, anakinra, might support peaceful the runaway immune reaction recognized as a “cytokine storm,” which imperils some people with significant COVID-19.

“Right up until a vaccine is readily available, we urgently need to have to come across a way to support individuals endure the most significant signs or symptoms of COVID-19, and to do that devoid of overpowering the intensive care potential

Health Awareness

Critical Drug Shortages, In Memoriam

By Allan I. Fleming 2 months ago

What your physician is examining on Medscape.com:

APRIL 02, 2020 — Below are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors about the globe consider you require to know about right now.

Drug Shortages On the Entrance Line

In addition to shortages of individual protecting equipment (PPE) and ventilators, hospitals are also dealing with a shortage of ventilator-involved prescription drugs. Usually, hospitals could fill ninety five% of orders for these kinds of prescription drugs. In the previous month, that level has dropped to sixty% or 70%, and it continues to lower by about three% day-to-day, an field pro states. Meanwhile, demand from customers

Health Awareness

Could Stroke Drug Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) Help Treat COVID-19 Patients?

By Allan I. Fleming 2 months ago

News Picture: Could Stroke Drug Help COVID-19 Patients Avoid Ventilators? By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 — For men and women pretty unwell with COVID-19, access to a mechanical ventilator can signify everyday living or death. Difficulty is, they are in quick offer in the United Sates and close to the world.

Now, study implies that a broadly utilised clot-busting stroke drug may well assist COVID-19 sufferers who are not able to access a ventilator or who are unsuccessful to increase even when they do gain access.

The study focuses on a drug identified as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which is normally utilised to rapidly dissolve blood

Health Awareness

How an Ebola Drug Might Fight COVID-19

By Allan I. Fleming 3 months ago

Latest Infectious Disease News

News Picture: How an Ebola Drug Might Fight COVID-19

THURSDAY, March 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — An Ebola drug that’s proven effective against some coronaviruses may also work against the new COVID-19 coronavirus, scientists say.

Remdesivir was developed by Gilead Sciences in response to the 2014 West African Ebola virus epidemic.

“We know the drug works against different coronaviruses, like MERS [Middle East respiratory syndrome] and SARS [severe acute respiratory syndrome], and we know the novel coronavirus is very similar to SARS,” said virologist Matthias Götte, of the University of Alberta in Canada. “So I would say I’m cautiously optimistic that the results

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