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Old drug may inhibit C19

Old drug may inhibit C19

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-virtual-screening-strategy-drug-inhibits.html

The more the merrier!

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@sonhouse said
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-virtual-screening-strategy-drug-inhibits.html

The more the merrier!
I was reading about this one this morning: -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55639096

A new treatment involving the patient inhaling interferon beta via a nebuliser that provokes a strong immune response in the lungs. This can prevent them from developing more serious symptoms after being infected. It's still in trials but sounds promising.

I think its only a matter of time before a really effective treatment is discovered. I just hope its sooner rather than later.

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@Sicilian-Sausage
The problem is it is ALREADY later, with deaths in the US closing in on a half MILLION.

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I believe this medicine, ivermectin, is a serious option for the underpriviledged.
Its widely available, and not so expensive.
FDA has approved it for humans, but I suppose its dose should be carefully measured.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011

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@pawnpaw
They mentioned a dose level of 5 micro M. Any idea what that is? Micro Mole? I don't see how to convert that to microliters or cubic millimeters or picometers, whatever?.

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@sonhouse
I suppose it's micrometers as opposed to millimeters.
That's one thousandth of a millimeter?
Maybe my math is wrong. 🙄

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@pawnpaw said
@sonhouse
I suppose it's micrometers as opposed to millimeters.
That's one thousandth of a millimeter?
Maybe my math is wrong. 🙄
Some medications are prescribed and administered in microlitres.