Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors

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Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors
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Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus w...

BANGKOK - Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday.

The drug treatment includes a mixture of anti-HIV drugs lopinavir and ritonavir, in combination with flu drug oseltamivir in large doses. Chinese health officials have already been administering the HIV and flu drugs to fight the coronavirus. The use of the three together in a cocktail seemed to improve the treatment, the Thai doctors said.

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