Coronavirus: Aspirin may help prevent infection, Israeli study shows
"This observation of the possible beneficial effect of low doses of aspirin on COVID-19 infection is preliminary but seems very promising," Prof. Eli Magen from the Barzilai Medical Center said.
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The use of aspirin might help prevent individuals from getting infected with the coronavirus and
shorten the duration of the disease, a study conducted by a joint team
from Leumit Health Services, Bar-Ilan University and Barzilai Medical
Center has shown.
The
study, whose findings were published in the FEBS Journal of the
Federationof European Biochemical Societies, analyzed data from some
10,000 Israelis who were tested for COVID-19 between February 1 and June
30, 2020.
The
researchers compared information regarding individuals who regularly
take a low dose of aspirin as a medication to prevent and treat
cardiovascular diseases and those who don’t.
The researchers also observed that those who took aspirin and did
contract the disease recovered on average two or three days faster than
individuals who did not, depending on pre-existing conditions. In
addition, the time it took these patients to test negative for the virus
after testing positive was significantly lower.
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The physicians emphasized that they intend to continue exploring this issue.
“The
present study sought to better understand the potential favorable
effects of aspirin in aiding the human immune system to battle COVID-19.
We intend to investigate a larger cohort of patients and in randomized
clinical trials,” according to Dr. Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern of the
Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University.
They found that the former group was 29% less likely to get infected with the virus than the latter.
"This
observation of the possible beneficial effect of low doses of aspirin
on COVID-19 infection is preliminary but seems very promising," Prof.
Eli Magen from the Barzilai Medical Center, who led the study, said in a
press release.
Medications
based on acetylsalicylic acid – aspirin’s essential component – are
used to reduce pain, fever and inflammation and have been known since
ancient times. The name was invented by the pharmaceutical company Bayer
at the end of the 19th century. Aspirin is one of the most popular
drugs in the world.
Aware of its established positive influence on the immune system in the fight against some viral infections, the team decided to explore the possible effect of its properties against COVID-19.
Aspirin is & remains a wonder drug since Bayer invented it in March 1899
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