Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences (ASPS)(ISSN: 2581-5423)

Short Communication Volume 5 Issue 11

Fluvoxamine - A Potential New Drug to Treat Covid-19 in Early Stage

Tapan K Chaudhuri* and Richard Hoffler

Hampton, Virginia and San Antonio, Texas, USA

*Corresponding Author: Tapan K Chaudhuri, Professor, Hampton, Virginia, USA.

Received: August 27, 2021; Published: October 8, 2021

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Fluvoxamine [1], a commonly prescribed drug to treat depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has been found to be effective in COVID-19 in early stage - within 7 days of developing symptoms.

Fluvoxamine tablet 100 mg BID for 10 days in early stage of the COVID-19 has been found to reduce the need of extended emergency room observation, hospitalization, ICU admission and ventilator.

Fluvoxamine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and a Sigma-1 receptor (S1R) agonist, an essential inhibitor of cytokine production.

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Citation: Tapan K Chaudhuri and Richard Hoffler. “Fluvoxamine - A Potential New Drug to Treat Covid-19 in Early Stage". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.11 (2020):.




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