Coronavirus doctor's diary: The drug combination that may help us beat Covid-19
Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary describes some of the trials under way to find a cure for Covid-19, and suggests that a combination of three different types of drug may hold the key.
The biggest of the trials we are involved in is the Recovery trial. Already more than 10,000 patients have been recruited nationwide and are taking either a placebo or one of a number of other drugs. This overreaction has been referred to as a"cytokine storm" - cytokines being molecules that flag up the presence of an infection that the body must fight. The drug in the new trial blocks a cytokine called IL-33 .Mark Winterbourne will either be given the IL-blocker or a placebo
The doctors here are looking ahead to a time - not too far off, they hope - when anyone with early symptoms will be able to drive to a testing centre, get swabbed, get a quick result and a prescription for a combination of effective drugs, before the worst of their symptoms take hold.
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