Covid-19: ibuprofen should not be used for managing symptoms, say doctors and scientists

The hospital posted a comment saying that public discussion of individual cases was inappropriate. [...]Jean-Louis Montastruc, a professor of medical and clinical pharmacology at the Central University Hospital in Toulouse, said that such deleterious effects from NSAIDS would not be a surprise given...

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Published in:	BMJ (Online) Vol. 368; no. 4; pp. m1086 - 74
Main Author:	Day, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 17-03-2020 Public Health Agency of Canada
Subjects:	Analgesics Coronaviruses COVID-19 Epidemiology Fever Hospitals Ibuprofen Immune system Infectious diseases Medical personnel Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Physicians France
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Summary:	The hospital posted a comment saying that public discussion of individual cases was inappropriate. [...]Jean-Louis Montastruc, a professor of medical and clinical pharmacology at the Central University Hospital in Toulouse, said that such deleterious effects from NSAIDS would not be a surprise given that since 2019, on the advice of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, French health workers have been told not to treat fever or infections with ibuprofen. Charlotte Warren-Gash, associate professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “For covid-19, research is needed into the effects of specific NSAIDs among people with different underlying health conditions.
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ISSN:	1756-1833 1188-4169 1756-1833 1481-8531
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.m1086