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Anti-Depressant may help treat COVID-19

FLUVOXAMINE—SHOWN IN THE MOLECULAR FORMULA
FLUVOXAMINE—SHOWN IN THE MOLECULAR FORMULA ABOVE—IS OFTEN USED TO TREAT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND DEPRESSION. Image courtesy of Shutterstock
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In a preliminary study of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease who were attempting to recover in their homes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that the anti-depressant drug fluvoxamine seems to prevent some of the most serious complications of the illness, and makes hospitalization and the need for supplemental oxygen less likely.