Monday, April 25, 2022

India may have found a better treatment for COVID-19 than Remdesivir

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Montelukast, used to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay fever and hives, has been found effective against Covid-19.

It is being hailed as a preventative as well as a treatment. For children, if it is possible, it goes to the heart of the inflammation reaction they suffer.

The Indian Institute of Science, (click here) Bengaluru scientists have conducted a study that revealed that Montelukast- a drug used for the treatment of Asthama has the potential to stop Covid variants from replicating within the body of the infected. 

For people with inadequate immune systems, this can be good news.


The study was published in the journal eLife. The study states that "montelukast sodium hydrate can be used as a lead molecule to design potent inhibitors to help combat 
SARS-CoV-2 infection." Montelukast, used to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay fever and hives, has been found effective against Covid-19.