Drugs Against CoViD-19

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Til August 31st, 2020 there is no cure drug against Covid-19. Vaccines could be best to tackle this viral disease. I wrote down this post on April 24th, and I am actively updating this post. 

 

• Hydroxy-chloroquine (HCQS)

This old antimalarial and DMARD drug saw massive support from ICMR and US President Trump. People started taking it as prophylaxis without any proven benefit in prophylaxis. Trials in China also showed no proven benefit i.e. faster recovery with HCQS. In vitro studies showed that HCQS kills the virus.