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GUEST BLOG / By Maggie
Fox, CNN Health Reporter-- A combo of 3 antiviral drugs plus an immune system
booster seemed to help patients recover more quickly from coronavirus
infections, doctors in Hong Kong reported Friday.
The
researchers said the approach needs more testing but it could offer another
treatment possibility for Covid-19 patients. Currently the only authorized
treatment is the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, which also shortens
the duration of illness but is limited in supply.
Dr.
Kwok-Yung Yuen at Hong Kong University and colleagues tested the HIV drug
combination of ritonavir and lopanivir along with the general antiviral drug
ribavirin and a multiple sclerosis drug called beta interferon.
US
government will decide where remdesivir goes amid coronavirus pandemic,
drugmaker says
Patients
in the study all had mild to moderate symptoms and were treated within seven
days of testing positive. Some doctors think treating patients earlier in the
course of the infection might be better.
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