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Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 5/2020

26.05.2020 | COVID-19 | IM - REVIEW Zur Zeit gratis

Potential new treatment strategies for COVID-19: is there a role for bromhexine as add-on therapy?

verfasst von: Markus Depfenhart, Danielle de Villiers, Gottfried Lemperle, Markus Meyer, Salvatore Di Somma

Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Ausgabe 5/2020

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Abstract

Of huge importance now is to provide a fast, cost-effective, safe, and immediately available pharmaceutical solution to curb the rapid global spread of SARS-CoV-2. Recent publications on SARS-CoV-2 have brought attention to the possible benefit of chloroquine in the treatment of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. Whether chloroquine can treat SARS-CoV-2 alone and also work as a prophylactic is doubtful. An effective prophylactic medication to prevent viral entry has to contain, at least, either a protease inhibitor or a competitive virus ACE2-binding inhibitor. Using bromhexine at a dosage that selectively inhibits TMPRSS2 and, in so doing, inhibits TMPRSS2-specific viral entry is likely to be effective against SARS-CoV-2. We propose the use of bromhexine as a prophylactic and treatment. We encourage the scientific community to assess bromhexine clinically as a prophylactic and curative treatment. If proven to be effective, this would allow a rapid, accessible, and cost-effective application worldwide.
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Titel
Potential new treatment strategies for COVID-19: is there a role for bromhexine as add-on therapy?
verfasst von
Markus Depfenhart
Danielle de Villiers
Gottfried Lemperle
Markus Meyer
Salvatore Di Somma
Publikationsdatum
26.05.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Schlagwort
COVID-19
Erschienen in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Ausgabe 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Elektronische ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02383-3

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