THIS FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED DRUG COULD BE THE KEY TO REDUCING COVID MORTALITY RATES, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS.
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines currently available for use in the U.S. are being heralded as the best way to get the pandemic under control, but the virus will continue to spread until herd immunity is achieved, meaning thousands more people will get sick—or even die. Fortunately, new research suggests that a common medication may be effective at keeping the disease from progressing or turning fatal. Read on to discover what the new research says, and if you’re worried you may have been exposed to the virus, If You Have These 4 New Symptoms, You Likely Have COVID, Study Finds.
According to a Feb. 2021 study published in The BMJ, patients who are given blood thinners within a day of being admitted to a hospital with COVID have a greater chance of survival than those who are not. Among a sample of 4,297 COVID patients with a mean age of 68 years, those who were provided with blood thinners within 24 hours of being admitted to the hospital with COVID had their relative risk of dying from COVID reduced by 34 percent as compared to individuals who were not provided anticoagulants.
Blood clots are a common—and frequently fatal—occurrence in COVID patients; according to a review of research published in the Jan. 2021 volume of the journal Medical Hypotheses, approximately one-third of severe COVID patients present with blood clotting or elevated levels of D-dimer, a protein found in the bloodstream after a clot has come apart.
Blood thinners aren’t the only medications that have been shown to be effective at fending off the more severe side effects of COVID, however; read on to discover which other medications and supplements could be key to surviving the virus. And if you want to protect yourself, The CDC Says You Should Be Doing These 3 Things With Your Mask Right Now.
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