Ibuprofen and coronavirus: Despite internet theories, there's no credible evidence anti-inflammatories will worsen the coronavirus, experts say.
on March 11 stated the coronavirus binds to ACE2 receptors on the surfaces of cells. In theory, the letter stated, medications that work by stimulating those receptors may, in turn, worsen the coronavirus and lead to poorer outcomes.
But that's just a theory. Dr. Carlos del Rio, executive associate dean of the Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Health System in Atlanta, said that while there are"interesting observations" about the coronavirus, he and other infectious disease experts are focused on"research that will help us learn a lot of the current many unknowns of this virus."
Others agreed: There's no credible evidence ibuprofen either raises the risk for developing COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, or worsens the outcome of the disease. "There are no hard data at all saying that ibuprofen puts you at any kind of a disadvantage or interferes with the inflammatory response of the body such that it can't fight off the virus," Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University.
"We are shipping our stock in a controlled manner to ensure it reaches as many people as possible during this public health emergency," a spokesman for Johnson & Johnson said in an email, adding the company does not anticipate a shortage of Tylenol.
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