Curious. Melatonin is anti-inflammatory. Would this pose a similar (hypothetical) danger as NSAIDs?
Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
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Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) isn't all that safe. Too high a dose can quickly and irreversibly damage your liver. Many people have died this way. If you're intending to take paracetamol long term, you can do worse than to reduce the stated maximum daily dose on the bottle by 1/4 or 1/2. You'll be less comfortable, sure. But it's called a "liver" because you need one to live. So it's worth a little extra discomfort to…
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor. Paracetamol is probably as safe as it gets when it comes to drugs in its class. Overdosing is not all that simple and the numbers are high because of the availability and popularity of Paracetamol as a pain-killer and its silent use as a side ingredient in many products. Paracetamol is not as good as Ibuprofen when it comes to killing pain (IMHO), so maybe this causes a tendency to overd…
Also not a doctor, but one of mine recommended a max daily dose of 3g, so that's what I'm working from.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#43Ibuprofen is also used among people with arthritis and gout, gout is strongly linked with diabetes.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#44The actual title of this article is, "Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?" The relevant portion about ibuprofen, lightly edited to make it more readable, is: > Coronaviruses bind to their target cells through ACE2. The expression of ACE2 is substantially increased in patients with diabetes, who are treated with ACE inhibitors and ARBs. Hypertension is also tr…
These sorts of things are exactly the reason to try to slow the spread down.
Ibuprofen /might/ be a bad idea. We currently have the time to notice that, and hopefully find out whether it's true by looking at hundreds of cases instead of tens of thousands.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) isn't all that safe. Too high a dose can quickly and irreversibly damage your liver. Many people have died this way. If you're intending to take paracetamol long term, you can do worse than to reduce the stated maximum daily dose on the bottle by 1/4 or 1/2. You'll be less comfortable, sure. But it's called a "liver" because you need one to live. So it's worth a little extra discomfort to…
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor. Paracetamol is probably as safe as it gets when it comes to drugs in its class. Overdosing is not all that simple and the numbers are high because of the availability and popularity of Paracetamol as a pain-killer and its silent use as a side ingredient in many products. Paracetamol is not as good as Ibuprofen when it comes to killing pain (IMHO), so maybe this causes a tendency to overd…
Paracetamol aka acetaminophen is a destroyer of glutathione, one of the bodies great antioxidants, you can google it. I wouldn't take this drug if my life depended on it, it's POISON.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#46French sources specifically mention severe cases of covid-19 in "young and healthy" patients (eg. see https://lefigaro.fr/sciences/coronavirus-alerte-sur-l-ibupro... ) but this important piece of information has NOT been relayed by international medias. Jean Paul Hamon, medical doctor and president of the Federation of French Doctors said on TV to NOT take NSAIDs (anti-inflammatory drugs) if #covid19 is suspected. Th…
Translation from French: paracetamol is preferred over nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Dose of paracetamol should not exceed 3g/day and doses should be spaced throughout the day.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#47French sources specifically mention severe cases of covid-19 in "young and healthy" patients (eg. see https://lefigaro.fr/sciences/coronavirus-alerte-sur-l-ibupro... ) but this important piece of information has NOT been relayed by international medias. Jean Paul Hamon, medical doctor and president of the Federation of French Doctors said on TV to NOT take NSAIDs (anti-inflammatory drugs) if #covid19 is suspected. Th…
Translation from French: paracetamol is preferred over nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Dose of paracetamol should not exceed 3g/day and doses should be spaced throughout the day.
"Paracetamol" a.k.a. "acetaminophen", common brand: Tylenol.
Re: Are patients with hypertension and diabetes at increased risk for COVID-19?
#48Any information on cough suppressants? Whether they're a good or bad for people with COVID-19?
I've had my doctor recommend against cough suppressants in the past. But I've had trouble sleeping with a bad cough, and so if cough suppressants make sleep possible, it seems like a net-win. Is there any data yet?
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#49After a couple of asthmatic attacks after taking aspirin and ibuprofen I went to an allergist and she told me that I have an allergic reaction to all NSAIDs. The syndrome is called 'NSAIDs-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease'. I felt equally proud and ashamed that the medical establishment officially diagnosed me as a NERD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAID_hypersensitivity_reactio...
Sadly NERD doesn't refer to you, but to the disease ;P
Could argue diseased as a noun works (to refer to them, as “the diseased”)
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Why are you putting severe in quotation marks? Because I don't know the official terminology. >What makes you feel qualified to give medical advice on an Internet forum? Because of where I work I have been given "primary sources", but of course you are free to not believe me. This is my own sentiment, feel free to look things up yourself. > no official guidelines exist. Only internet stories. Not in the US, maybe,…
If any official source, regardless of country, recommends to abstain from ibuprofen I would simply like to know. I neither live in the US nor think that scientists and medical personnel in other country are less educated or trained. I think it's about distinguishing important information from stuff people randomly write online because a non-peer reviewed study made a hypothesis . The goal is for everyone around the g…
> If any official source, regardless of country, recommends to abstain from ibuprofen I would simply like to know.
It's headline news at the moment. You could just check. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammat...