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HealthDay Reports: Combining Remdesivir With Other Meds Could Boost COVID-Fighting Power

A clinical trial in the United States is looking at a combination drug therapy for COVID-19 treatment that can both prevent the virus from spreading inside the body and help to quiet the extreme immune system response to COVID-19, which can cause inflammation.

Combining Remdesivir With Other Meds Could Boost COVID-Fighting Power

THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A combination drug therapy for COVID-19 aims to both prevent the virus from spreading inside the human body as well as quelling the immune system havoc that the germ wreaks.

A U.S. federally funded clinical trial is testing whether the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir works better against COVID-19 if given with a powerful anti-inflammatory drug called baricitinib.

“Baricitinib is a once-daily oral drug that has been well-tolerated in many studies examining its use in rheumatoid arthritis. It has very few drug interactions, so can [it] be combined with most antivirals such as remdesivir,” said Dr. Vincent Marconi, a professor of medicine and global health at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

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Source: https://live.healthday.com/coronavirus-treatment-remdesivir-baricitinib-2646052971.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

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