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New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

I kinda understand wanting to have people not rush to testing the drug, though if both are administered by infusion the risk of self-medication is reduced. Better wait for the article.

It seems to have been tested in a Chinese hospital before. So there is some experience with these two drugs.

Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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post #3

Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

I kinda understand wanting to have people not rush to testing the drug, though if both are administered by infusion the risk of self-medication is reduced. Better wait for the article.

I want people to rush to testing all sorts of drugs, this one included.

How quickly should testing of a drug expand? That depends on a balance of risks. The faster you go, the more danger there is of the drug having bad side-effects while you're figuring out how safe and effective it is. The slower you go, the more you delay the possible benefits if the drug ends up working. Right now the potential benefits of such a drug are enormous -- or, put another way, each day of delay is a minor catastrophe. That should tilt the scales a lot.

Sometimes the careful, cautious thing to do is to go fast!

Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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post #3

Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

camostat mesilate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camostat

Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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post #3

Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

They say that they'll publish the results "in the next days". Anyway it seems to work - maybe that's one of the reasons for the low death count (in relation to infected) in Austria so far.
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