Sydney scientists hope a common blood pressure medication could be used to treat COVID-19 as researchers turn to cheap and existing drugs to ease patient suffering.
"With new drugs, you can't get around the fact that they need to go through preclinical testing, clinical testing."Chief Investigator Associate Professor Meg Jardine, from The George Institute for Global Health, said developing new drugs can take years.
"If you can just prevent people from needing intensive care, for instance ... that really makes it much easier for a health service to cope with an outbreak."
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
rachelclun Irresponsible journalism reporting irresponsible publicity seeking researchers? Will prescribed users of ARC now find that there will be a shortage around the country? As dumb as Donald Trump!
rachelclun On ya team Scientists👏👏👏👏👏❤️👏👏👏👏
rachelclun PSA - Improper medicated 'angiotensin receptor blocker' drugs will cause hypotension.
rachelclun Either you don't publish until the trial is over OR put out a WARNING before people do some silly thing like a pharmaceutical run to get 'angiotensin receptor blocker' drugs. Note, with your irresponsible reporting you are no different than Trump with hydroxyquinoline.
rachelclun Like hydroxychloquine
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