Some Medications May Increase Risk Of Serious Problems and Death In Corona Virus

WARNING! Certain Medications May Increase Risk Of Serious Problems and Death In Corona Virus Infections <Research>

This article calls into question certain medications as significantly increasing the risk of a severe problem or death with the corona virus.

It specifically mentions some diabetes medications, high blood pressure medications, and NSAIDs including ibuprofen.

According to the researchers, these medications increase a type of receptor on our cells that the virus uses to gain entry into the cell before it takes over the cell’s machinery and starts replicating.

Increasing the number of “doors” that the virus can enter the cells can increase the rate of viral replication which increases risks of serious infection.

Reference:
Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Lei Fang, George Karakiulakis, Michael Roth; Published: March 11, 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30116-8

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext