Does Lithium Deserve a Place in the Treatment Against COVID-19? A Preliminary Observational Study in Six Patients, Case Report

Does Lithium Deserve a Place in the Treatment Against COVID-19? A Preliminary Observational Study in Six Patients, Case Report

Lithium has shown the capacity to: a) inhibit the replication of several types of viruses, some of which are similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, b) increase the immune response by reducing lymphopenia, and c) reduce inflammation by preventing or reducing the cytokine storm. In the present study, we hav...

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Main Authors: Carlos Spuch, Marta López-García, Tania Rivera-Baltanás, Daniela Rodrígues-Amorím, José M. Olivares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
lithium carbonate
case report
inflammation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2020.557629/full

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