Comment · Tue, March 17, 2020 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
If anti-inflammatory drugs can aggravate COVID-19, would the same be the case for anti-inflammatory foods and supplements?
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ThrowKind · 201 points
Title basically. If we should not take ibuprofen these days, should we also stay away from garlic? From CBD oil? From omega-3?
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turnerz · 1 points
Just by the way: doctors are not really treating covid with "things that are anti-inflammatory & anti-oxidant".
We have no idea what the right treatment for covid is and steroids (the real way to diminish inflammation) are super, super controversial And likely harmful
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
A 49-year-old Woman Co-infected with SARS-COV-2 and Mycoplasma – A Case Report
Considering of the prior indication of CT images and rapid development of illness that COVID-19 might brought, we treated this patient with anti-inflammatory and empirical antiviral drugs in the first three days.
> According to Chinese newest treatment guidelines of SARS-COV-2, we treat this patient with antiviral drugs (Aluvia 0.4g q12h1 po for 4 days, Peramivir 0.6g QD iv for 3 days, Interferon-α2b 5×10 6 IU BID
inh for 14 days), anti-inflammatory drugs (Cefonicid Sodium 2g QD iv for 3 days, Azithromycin 0.5g QD iv for 6 days, Moxifloxacin 0.4g QD po for 4 days) and traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment (Lianhuaqingwen 6g TID po for 14 days), combined with supportive care from January 25, 2020. On 7 th day, her cough, expectoration, chest congestion and debilitation started improving and on the following days she felt much better after our therapeutic methods. After twice negative results of SARS-COV-2 nucleic acid, she discharged on February 10, 2020. On 2 weeks follow up, she had marked recovery from her previous symptoms.
So doctors absolutely are using anti-inflammatory drugs to help treat COVID-19 in other countries. We can't wait for the US on this one. The rest of the world has jumped in to try and tackle this thing, and we are getting good data every day on what our strategies here in the US should be when hospitalizations spike. Again, this is a new virus. I am not saying anything is settled on its treatment. Far from it, in fact. However, we can look at the available data out there from other countries to get a good idea on the mechanisms this virus is using to attack the body. A dual stage inflammatory response is a big part of that. As always, one's doctor is who a patient should listen to. We are just here on Reddit trying to parse through the available data and get a better idea of things. Nobody here should be trying to override their doctor's advice based on Reddit comments.