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Current Treatment Options Available for COVID-19 : A Review


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1 Department of Pharmacology, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute and Research Center, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara − 391760, Gujarat, India
2 Pharmacology, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute and Research Center, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara − 391760, Gujarat, India
 

The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the term 2019 novel corona virus to refer to a corona virus that affected the lower respiratory tract of patients with pneumonia in Wuhan, China. The official name of the 2019 novel corona virus is corona virus disease (COVID-19), announced by WHO. The total reported cases of COVID-19 as of 15th June, 2020 are 79,95,877 and 4,35,598 reported deaths. Non-availability of vaccines and medicines for its treatment is really threatening to the world right now. All chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine, antibacterial therapy like azithromycin and doxycycline, antiviral therapy like lopinavir/ritonavir and remdesivir, convalescent plasma therapy, zinc, vaccines and Tocilizumab are part of possible management options and none is officially approved for the treatment. Current review of various articles by searching on PubMed is initiated with intention of creating meaningful information regarding all possible management that is available or will be available in near future of COVID-19.


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Convalescent Plasma Therapy, Corona-VIrus Disease (COVID)-19, Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Vaccine.
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Authors

Maulin Mehta
Department of Pharmacology, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute and Research Center, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara − 391760, Gujarat, India
Jayant Patharkar
Pharmacology, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute and Research Center, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara − 391760, Gujarat, India

Abstract


The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the term 2019 novel corona virus to refer to a corona virus that affected the lower respiratory tract of patients with pneumonia in Wuhan, China. The official name of the 2019 novel corona virus is corona virus disease (COVID-19), announced by WHO. The total reported cases of COVID-19 as of 15th June, 2020 are 79,95,877 and 4,35,598 reported deaths. Non-availability of vaccines and medicines for its treatment is really threatening to the world right now. All chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine, antibacterial therapy like azithromycin and doxycycline, antiviral therapy like lopinavir/ritonavir and remdesivir, convalescent plasma therapy, zinc, vaccines and Tocilizumab are part of possible management options and none is officially approved for the treatment. Current review of various articles by searching on PubMed is initiated with intention of creating meaningful information regarding all possible management that is available or will be available in near future of COVID-19.


Keywords


Convalescent Plasma Therapy, Corona-VIrus Disease (COVID)-19, Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Vaccine.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ajprhc%2F2020%2F25540