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Yonnie3

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4. Arthritis drugs

Reply to mopinko (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 05:48 PM

Apr 2020

Mike 03 posted https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213354817 Monday.

Closely watched arthritis drug disappoints as a Covid-19 treatment, studies show

The variations in what happens in the individual cases from asymptomatic to lung dis-function and so on are extreme. I wonder if it is possible that the virus has multiple avenues in the human body and many different factors are in play as to what/which treatments are going to help depending on the path it takes. For instance this particular drug may only be useful if the patient has a cytokine storm.

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Effective treatment of severe COVID-19 patients with tocilizumab [View all] Yonnie3 Apr 2020 OP

Thank you for finding this. Mike 03 Apr 2020 #1

i've been wondering about humabs. mopinko Apr 2020 #2

Arthritis drugs Yonnie3 Apr 2020 #4

another thing entirely. mopinko Apr 2020 #5

I though your question was what was this drug, tocilizumab used for. Yonnie3 Apr 2020 #6

humira also treats crohn's disease. mopinko Apr 2020 #7

Was just listening to the doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center Mike 03 Apr 2020 #3