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

Thai doctors have seen accomplishment in treating severe instances of the new coronavirus with a mix of drugs for influenza and HIV, with primary outcomes indicating tremendous improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday.

The specialists from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok said another methodology in coronavirus treatment had improved the state of a few patients under their consideration, including one 70-year-old Chinese lady from Wuhan who tried positive for the coronavirus for ten days.

The medication treatment incorporates a blend of hostile to HIV drugs lopinavir and ritonavir, in the mix with influenza sedate oseltamivir in enormous portions.

"This isn't the fix, yet the patient's condition has incomprehensibly improved. From testing positive for ten days under our consideration, in the wake of applying this mix of medication the test outcome got negative inside 48 hours," Dr Kriangska Atipornwanich, a lung pro at Rajavithi, told journalists.

"The standpoint is acceptable; however, we, despite everything need to accomplish more examination to confirm this can be a standard treatment."

Chinese wellbeing authorities have just been overseeing HIV and influenza medications to battle the coronavirus. The utilisation of the three together in a mixed drink appeared to improve the treatment, the Thai specialists said.

Another specialist said that a comparative methodology in two different patients brought about one showing some hypersensitive response; however, the other demonstrated improvement.

"We have been following global practices, however, the specialist expanded the measurements of one of the medications," said Somsak Akkslim, chief general of the Medical Services Department, alluding to influenza drug Oseltamivir.

Thailand has recorded 19 instances of coronavirus. Of the Thai patients, eight have recouped and returned home while 11 are still under treatment in emergency clinics.

Somsak said the wellbeing service will meet on Monday to talk about the effective treatment on account of the 70-year-old however said it is still too early to state that this methodology can be applied to all cases.

"At first we will apply this methodology just too serious cases," he said.