Anti-inflammatory therapy for COVID-19 infection: the case for colchicine.
Ann Rheum Dis
; 80(5): 550-557, 2021 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-968958
ABSTRACT
The search for effective COVID-19 management strategies continues to evolve. Current understanding of SARS-CoV-2 mechanisms suggests a central role for exaggerated activation of the innate immune system as an important contributor to COVID-19 adverse outcomes. The actions of colchicine, one of the oldest anti-inflammatory therapeutics, target multiple mechanisms associated with COVID-19 excessive inflammation. While many COVID-19 trials have sought to manipulate SARS-CoV-2 or dampen the inflammatory response once patients are hospitalised, few examine therapeutics to prevent the need for hospitalisation. Colchicine is easily administered, generally well tolerated and inexpensive, and holds particular promise to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and mortality due to COVID-19 in the outpatient setting. Successful outpatient treatment of COVID-19 could greatly reduce morbidity, mortality and the demand for rare or expensive care resources (front-line healthcare workers, hospital beds, ventilators, biological therapies), to the benefit of both resource-replete and resource-poor regions.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Colchicine
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Rheum Dis
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Annrheumdis-2020-219174
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