Doctors found a flu drug that might also be a coronavirus cure

[Chris Smith]

• Researchers have discovered another potential drug that can help cure COVID-19 by preventing severe coronavirus complications.
• Aprotinin is an antiviral that comes in the form of an aerosol approved in Russia for flu treatment.
• According to a new study, the drug can inhibit the coronavirus’s ability to infect cells and prevent it from replicating.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases is breaking new records and thousands of people continue to die each day. But the good news is that the coronavirus fatality curve isn’t quite as severe as the surge in cases. Physicians are saving more people than they could in the early months of the pandemic after developing different treatment protocols that include some effective drugs. Remdesivir and dexamethasone are two of the most well-known COVID-19 therapies, although neither drug can save lives. Remdesivir can hasten recovery in some patients, while dexamethasone can reduce the potentially deadly immune response in severe cases. Blood thinners can reduce the clotting complication that impacts nearly every organ, and blood plasma transfusions can save some lives in certain conditions. But none of those drugs are miracle cures.

There’s still no perfect COVID-19 cure that can significantly cut the risk of transmission — and there are no over-the-counter drugs that would allow patients to treat the illness at home. Doctors are trying several novel therapies in tests, and now a team of scientists from Germany and the UK think they’ve found another drug that can effectively block the replication of SARS-Cov-2 inside the body.

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