2024-03-18 カーディフ大学
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- https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2802468-can-over-the-counter-cold-medicine-treat-covid-19
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170223000134?via%3Dihub
一般的な風邪やインフルエンザの治療に使用される市販薬(OTC薬)によるCOVID-19症状の治療 Treatment of COVID-19 symptoms with over the counter (OTC) medicines used for treatment of common cold and flu
Ronald Eccles, Guy Boivin, Benjamin J Cowling, Andrew Pavia, Rangaraj Selvarangan
Clinical Infection in Practice Available online:6 May 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinpr.2023.100230
Highlights
•Over the counter medicines (OTC) are only licensed for treatment of common cold and flu.
•OTC medicines are used to treat COVID-19 symptoms.
•The innate immune response that causes symptoms is the same for COVID-19 colds and flu.
•Review provides information that OTC medicines are safe and effective for treating COVID-19 symptoms.
Abstract
Persons suffering from acute upper respiratory tract viral infections (URTI) commonly use over the counter (OTC) medicines to relieve symptoms such as fever, muscle aches, cough, runny nose, sore throat and nasal congestion. At present OTC medicines are only licensed for treatment of common cold and flu symptoms and not for treatment of the same symptoms associated with COVID-19. The innate immune response responsible for the mechanisms of the symptoms of URTI is the same for all respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and these symptoms can be relieved by treatment with the same OTC medicines as available for treatment of colds and flu. This review provides scientific information that OTC treatments for common cold and flu-like illness caused by respiratory viruses are safe and effective treatments for the same symptoms associated with COVID-19.
