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Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19
The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, January 23, 2021 7:51AM EST
MONTREAL -- A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.
For Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, who led the study, this is a "major scientific discovery" and colchicine is the first "effective oral drug to treat out-of-hospital patients."
"To be able to offer this, from Quebec, and for the planet, we are very happy," said Tardif.
Analysis of the study found that colchicine resulted in reductions in hospitalizations by 25 per cent, the need for mechanical ventilation by 50 per cent, and deaths by 44 per cent...
Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19
The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, January 23, 2021 7:51AM EST
MONTREAL -- A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.
For Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, who led the study, this is a "major scientific discovery" and colchicine is the first "effective oral drug to treat out-of-hospital patients."
"To be able to offer this, from Quebec, and for the planet, we are very happy," said Tardif.
Analysis of the study found that colchicine resulted in reductions in hospitalizations by 25 per cent, the need for mechanical ventilation by 50 per cent, and deaths by 44 per cent...