Tell Me About: Potential Covid-19 drugs ritonavir, lopinavir and interferon-beta


Two of the drugs being tested for Covid-19 treatment, ritonavir and lopinavir, are also used to treat HIV. — 123rf.com

Yes, it is true. To recap, WHO has launched a large global clinical trial called Solidarity to see if some old and new drugs can be used to treat Covid-19.

We talked about two of these drugs, chloroquine and remdesivir, last fortnight.

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