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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Painkiller indomethacin to fight mild Covid-19, say researchers -GS Mudur

Painkiller indomethacin to fight mild Covid-19, say researchers -GS Mudur

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published Published on Apr 25, 2022   modified Modified on Apr 25, 2022

-The Telegraph

Drug helps patients recover from fever in an average of three days and from cough in four days

A painkiller called indomethacin prescribed for arthritis and spondylitis is an effective treatment for mild or moderate Covid-19, Chennai-based researchers have told India’s apex health research agency, seeking its inclusion in Covid-19 treatment guidelines.

The researchers have submitted what they claim are “striking” study results, indicating that patients of mild or moderate Covid-19 who received indomethacin were less likely to need extra oxygen and recovered faster than patients who received paracetamol, the standard anti-fever medication.

The study, conducted during the country’s second Covid-19 wave between April and July 2021, had found that 20 of 107 patients who received paracetamol needed extra oxygen, compared with none of 103 patients who received indomethacin.

Also, the patients on indomethacin recovered from fever in an average of three days and from cough in four days compared with seven days for those on paracetamol. The results were published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Scientific Reports on April 19.

“We’re hoping that now, at least, authorities will add this remedy into Covid-19 treatment protocols,” said Rajan Ravichandran, a nephrologist at Miot International, a speciality hospital in Chennai, who led the research study.

The Indian Council of Medical Research and the national task force that prepares Covid-19 treatment guidelines have not yet included indomethacin into the guidelines despite what the Chennai researchers believe is “strong science” to back its inclusion.

Ravichandran had presented the study results to the ICMR and members of the task force in July 2021 immediately after analysing the outcome, and in January this year.

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The Telegraph, 25 April, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/painkiller-indomethacin-to-fight-mild-covid-19-say-researchers/cid/1862143


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