Chinese scientists have found that suramin, a century-old drug that has been used to treat African sleeping sickness and river blindness, is at least 20 times more potent than the drug remdesivir in inhibiting the Covid-19 virus.
A century-old drug used to treat tropical parasitic diseases could be far more effective at stopping the coronavirus from replicating than the commonly used antiviral medication remdesivir, according to new research.
Suramin, a medication used to treat African sleeping sickness and river blindness, may be more than 20 times more effective at preventing the SARS-CoV-2 virus from replicating than remdesivir, according to the paper, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
It works by blocking an enzyme involved in copying genetic code, preventing the virus from reproducing.
Dozens of countries have either approved remdesivir or authorized it for use during the pandemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also recommends certain kinds of corticosteroids for use against severe or critical Covid-19.
In the new study, the Chinese team found that, on average, around 23 times more remdesivir was needed to inhibit RdRp than suramin, suggesting that the latter is “at least 20-fold more potent.”
Suramin may have been first synthesized as early as the 1910s by a team of chemists at Bayer AG.
In November, the WHO made a conditional recommendation against using remdesivir in patients hospitalized with Covid-19, citing studies showing that it had “possibly no effect” on mortality and other important health outcomes.
However, There is an existing Nobel prize winning Drug available.
IVM at present more studies done as a tx management against CVD19 and is proven safe and effective.
IVM is in Oral preparation compared to SURAMIN, which is given intravenously
However IVM has strong opposition from regulators, policy makers, even physicians despite of the evidence.
Do your research
make a wise decision
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