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I saw a report on TV that there was going to be an announcement today about a serum that can be used to cure coronavirus but can't find anything about it now?
Here are potential cures for coronavirus.
Antivirals and immunomodulators
Here are potential cures for coronavirus.
Antivirals and immunomodulators
- No proven efficacy in humans as of March 14, 2020.
- Chinese Guidelines for COVID-19 suggest using chloroquine, traditional Chinese medicines, and for anti-IL6R drug tocilizumab as an anti-inflammatory in patients with extensive lung disease/severe illness and elevated IL-6 levels.
- A large number of antivirals and immunomodulators are being investigated.
- Caution is advised as to whether any are effective or safe for COVID-19.
- Types of drugs under investigation include antivirals (protease inhibitors, influenza drugs, nucleoside analogs) anti-inflammatories, surface protein antagonists such as lecithins.
- Much like with influenza, antiviral drugs are likely to be most effective as a preventative or with administration early after the onset of symptoms.
- Drugs currently under investigation[16]:
- Remdesivir (Gilead; used to treat Ebola)
- Currently under study in a trial in Wuhan; activity is seen in vitro with SARS-2-CoV, MERS-CoV (also including MERS-CoV primate studies).
- Likely the most promising drug.
- Chloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine) has been reported to have some efficacy in vivo and in COVID-19 pneumonia, the mechanism may be by interfering with cellular acidification in the phagolysosome.[8],[9]
- ASC09/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, with or without umifenovir
- ASC09/oseltamivir, ritonavir/oseltamivir, oseltamivir
- Azvudine
- Baloxavir marboxil/favipiravir and lopinavir/ritonavir in combination(s)
- Camostat mesylate
- Darunavir/cobicistat alone or with lopinavir/ritonavir and thymosin α1 in combination(s)
- Interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lopinavir/ritonavir and ribavirin
- Methylprednisolone
- Camrelizumab and thymosin
- Tocilizumab
- Remdesivir (Gilead; used to treat Ebola)