Early use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in COVID-19 might reverse pathogenesis, prevent complications and improve clinical outcomes

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The pathogenesis of Coronavirus disease 2019 is still obscure and the need for exploration of possible mechanisms to suggest drugs based on knowledge should never be delayed. In this manuscript, we present a novel theory to explain the pathogenesis of COVID-19; lymphocyte distraction theory upon which the author has used, in a preprinted protocol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); diclofenac potassium, ibuprofen and ketoprofen, successfully to treat COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, we agree with a recommendation that glucocorticoids should not be used routinely for COVID-19 patients and suggested to be beneficial only for patients with late acute respiratory distress syndrome. A clinical proof of ibuprofen safety in COVID-19 has been published by other researchers and we suggest that early administration of NSAIDs, including ibuprofen, in COVID-19 is not only safe but it might also prevent COVID-19 complications and this manuscript explains some of the suggested associated protective mechanisms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 133(2021) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 110982

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kelleni, Mina T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
COVID-19
Glucocorticoids
Ibuprofen
Journal Article
Lymphopenia
Review
SARS CoV-2

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Date Completed 30.12.2020

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110982

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317651382