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from Europe which is considered now as the new epicenter after Wuhan, China,
French
officials have warned about the use of the anti-inflammatory drug- Ibuprofen in
the treatment of those afflicted with the novel coronavirus 2019 disease or
COVID-19, as it could worsen the effects of the virus.
The
World Health Organization (WHO) has already recommended that people being
treated with COVID-19 to avoid taking Ibuprofen.
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French Health Minister Olivier Veran was the one who gave the warning adter a recent study in The Lancet medical journal which hypothesized that an enzyme boosted by anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, could facilitate and worsen COVID-19 infections.
The WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier was asked to comment on the French warning, he said to reporters in Geneva that the UN health agency’s experts were “looking into this to give further guidance.”
“In the meantime, we recommend using rather paracetamol, and do not
use ibuprofen as a self-medication. That’s important,” he said.
Lindmeier added that if
ibuprofen had been “prescribed by the health care professionals, then, of
course, that’s up to them.”
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, French medical authorities sounded the alarm over serious “infectious complications” linked to the use of ibuprofen, which are sold under various brands like Nurofen and Advil, and other anti-inflammatory drugs.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, French medical authorities sounded the alarm over serious “infectious complications” linked to the use of ibuprofen, which are sold under various brands like Nurofen and Advil, and other anti-inflammatory drugs.
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