Over the past few weeks researchers have been discreetly studying a new potential treatment for COVID-19 – and it might not be what you expect.
Seven doctors demonstrate how they protect themselves from infection when evaluating and helping their coronavirus patients.The treatment in question is called famotidine, and it's the active ingredient in Pepcid, an over-the-counter medication commonly used to alleviate heartburn.
Researchers said some data on safety will be available"in a few weeks," but did not say when data will be available showing whether the drug combination is effective.Dr. Kevin Tracey, CEO and president of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, says the study was being conducted under the radar to avoid media attention as well as a potential depletion of national supply, limiting Northwell's access to the drug.
A doctor wearing a protective suit stores a swab in a test tube after taking it from a man to test for coronavirus disease , April 8, 2020.Tracey said the idea to try famotidine came from a friend and colleague, Dr. Michael Callahan, who had recently visited China and was working with Chinese physicians on a still-unpublished study reportedly showing that the drug benefited patients with COVID-19.
The hope is that famotidine will act as a decoy for the virus, so that while the virus is preoccupied with famotidine, it is unable to reproduce itself and spread throughout the body.Dr.
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