What is it about?
Hyper-activation of immune effector cells in COVID-19 is the major player in the severity of the disease. Therefore, its control is highly important to control the lethal progression of the disease.
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Why is it important?
In order to control inflammation, new drugs are being tried with unknown mechanisms of action and serious side effects. However, Pioglitazone is a relatively reliable drug that has been used for many years.
Perspectives
I hope this article may enourage pysicians to try pioglitazone treatment early in the course of COVID-19 to prevent unnecessary deaths.
Adnan Erol
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This page is a summary of: Pioglitazone treatment for the COVID-19-associated cytokine storm, April 2020, Center for Open Science,
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/avfpb.
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