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mopinko

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5. another thing entirely.

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 05:51 PM

Apr 2020

that was a drug that incidentally worked on arthritis and ai.
this was a drug, engineered to attack a single immune system element. the process that is stops is the cytokine storm that is killing people.
very, very, different.

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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