British doctors to trial ibuprofen in Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulties

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LONDON - British doctors are trialling a formulation of anti-inflammatory ibuprofen to see if it reduces respiratory failure in patients with severe symptoms of Covid-19.

The trial, known as"LIBERATE", will be a randomised study, with recruitment of up to 230 patients expected over the coming months. In March, France's health minister said people should not use anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen if they have symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Mitul Mehta, director of KCL's Centre for Innovative Therapeutics, said that possible well-known gastric side effects from ibuprofen meant that paracetamol was better to relieve Covid-19 symptoms in its early stages.

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