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World Health Organization backs call to avoid ibuprofen for coronavirus By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS MA W [View all]
World Health Organization backs call to avoid ibuprofen for coronavirus
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS MARCH 21, 2020 08:31
The announcement supported a recent statement by the French health minister that ibuprofen may worsen the effects of COVID-19 and should be avoided.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that people with COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen, after concerns were raised by French officials that it may make the virus more harmful.
A recent study in The Lancet medical journal, theorizing that an enzyme boosted by ibuprofen could enable and exacerbate COVID-19 infections, led France's Health Minister Olivier Veran to suggest via social media that the medicine be avoided.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/World-Health-Organization-backs-call-to-avoid-ibuprofen-for-coronavirus-621408
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