Coronavirus Cure Not In Sight , HIV Drugs Fail
April 24, 2020
2:15 pm
Hopes for Coronavirus cure are unrealistic for now, according to a new study of 86 patients in China.
In the study, promising HIV and antiviral drugs failed spectacularly to have effect on infected patients.
The patients who were given anti-HIV medication lopinavir/ritonavir or the flu tablets Arbidol did not improve any quicker than those treated with placebo .
Sufferers given the antivirals also reported side effects including diarrhoea, nausea, and loss of appetite.
For this reason, the researchers recommend that the drug should not be used as COVID-19 therapies.
Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) was earmarked as one of the most promising …
