Aspirin -- one of the oldest and most widely used drugs -- is preventing COVID-19 infections, Israeli scientists have claimed in "exciting" findings, the Times of Israel website reports today (March 14, 2021).
In the peer-reviewed research, they found that in a sample of Israeli PCR tests, patients who take small doses of aspirin were 29 percent less likely to test positive. They cross-referenced 10,477 results with medical records covering what preventive drugs patients take.
"We were really excited to see a big reduction in the proportion of people testing positive, and this gives a promising indication that aspirin, such a well-known and inexpensive drug, may be helpful in fighting the pandemic," Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern of Bar-Ilan University told the Times of Israel.
She also mentioned another finding: Aspirin users who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are likely to have a shorter illness -- by about two days -- and be less likely to suffer from after-effects of the coronavirus.
No comments:
Post a Comment