$15 drugs gets COVID patients off oxygen support in under week – study

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"Fourteen out of 15 severe COVID-19 patients who were treated in an investigator-initiated interventional open-label clinical study of the drug TriCor (fenofibrate) didn’t require oxygen support within a week of treatment and were released from the hospital, according to the results of a new Hebrew University of Jerusalem study. ..."

"... Metabolism-focused drug screen showed that fenofibrate reversed lipid accumulation and blocked SARS-CoV-2 replication. Analysis of 3,233 Israeli patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 supported in vitro findings. Patients taking fibrates showed significantly lower markers of immunoinflammation and faster recovery. ..."

$15 drugs gets COVID patients off oxygen support in under week – study - The Jerusalem Post Fenofibrate could dramatically shorten the treatment time for severe COVID patients. 

Metabolic Regulation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (open access)