The famous medicine from alcoholism, which is used in narcology for six decades, turned out to be effectively against coronavirus, writing “Izvestia”.
As shown by the study of specialists of the Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, the drug for the treatment of alcohol addiction disulfers can be used as a means of treating COVID-19. In addition, this drug reduced the risk of death from COVID-19.
How did the doctor of Chemical Sciences, the Chief Researcher of the Research Laboratory of Computer Simulation of Medicines named after V.A. Potemkin Jourga Maria Grishin, the medicine suppresses the development of an enzyme that is involved in ethanol metabolism. In this case, it can weaken the symptoms of the heavy form of COVID-19, suppressing the protein involved in the hypervision.
However, now the effectiveness and safety of this medicine and still dozens of others are investigated abroad, and the final data is not yet, the head of the Basic Department of Organic Chemistry, Iooc named after N.D. Zelinsky wounds in NIU HSE Igor Svitanko.
Earlier, the high-tech project of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) “Avineso” developed and tests a new drug from anxiety “Aviand”, which first of all should help the COVID-19.