03-18-2020, 12:00 PM
(03-18-2020, 11:27 AM)Synric Wrote: If you do get the coronavirus do not take Ibuprofen, Apsrin, or any other anti-inflammatory because they will aggravate the virus. I'm not sure about Tylenol as that is an analgesic but I was told to best way is to let the body handle the fever on its own.
I was skeptical so I did a quick search. There is no hard evidence to avoid these medications in coronavirus patients. There was a warning from France’s health minister to avoid NSAIDs based upon anecdotal accounts. So there may be something to the warning since this is a novel virus and an unexpected side effect could occur, but the probability of that is very low. Not impossible, but I’m still skeptical. It’s interesting though. We won’t have a definitive answer without further study and I doubt that will happen.
At least not in the near future.
Also, because the current guidance is only hospitalized patients should be tested the majority of novel coronavirus infected patients will never know they are infected. Unless they are an NBA player or the President then they can get tested regardless of the recommendations.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926940