High Colchicine Doses Are Really Silver Bullets Against COVID-19
The numerous attempts to prove a therapeutic effect of low-dose colchicine for the treatment of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) have been discouraging. Increase of doses, however, leads to accumulation in leukocytes and inhibition of the cytokine storm thus preventing COVID-19 complications and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Bulgarica |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2024-0085 |
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| Summary: | The numerous attempts to prove a therapeutic effect of low-dose colchicine for the treatment of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) have been discouraging. Increase of doses, however, leads to accumulation in leukocytes and inhibition of the cytokine storm thus preventing COVID-19 complications and hospitalizations. Hospital mortality drops up to 7-fold, while outpatients practically do not reach hospitalization. |
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| ISSN: | 2719-5384 |