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Israeli study says colchicine can help reduce COVID-19 mortality |
Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, November 21 (Reporter Lv Yingxu Shanghao) The Hebrew University of Israel published the results of a study on its website on the 21st, showing that the use of colchicine to treat severely ill patients with new crowns can help reduce the death rate of new crowns
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Colchicine is an alkaloid, extracted from colchicine, a plant of the lily family
.
It is a cheap and ancient medicine with a strong anti-inflammatory effect.
It is widely used in inflammatory diseases such as gout, but overdose of colchicine can easily cause poisoning
The new research was carried out by researchers from the Hebrew University and the Hadassah Medical Center in Israel.
The research results have recently been published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine
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The results show that after using colchicine to treat severely ill patients with new coronary disease, the patient's condition has been significantly improved; compared with patients who did not use the drug, the mortality rate of new coronary patients treated with colchicine was reduced by 50%
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Researchers said that the effectiveness of colchicine in the treatment of new crown infections is an important discovery, and if confirmed in further studies, it will help reduce the death rate of new crowns
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In addition, the study also found that colchicine and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used together can effectively treat pericarditis
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At the same time, a small dose of colchicine can also prevent the recurrence of heart disease and stroke
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