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(Abst.) COVID-19 and MS disease-modifying therapies
« on: May 17, 2020, 03:37:41 pm »
From PubMed (May 17, 2020), "COVID-19 and MS disease-modifying therapies":


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32414755
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(Abst.) Tocilizumab for a patient w/MS and severe COVID-19
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2020, 04:33:32 pm »
There's also this, in PubMed (May 18, 2020)--"A fine balance: Immunosuppression and immunotherapy in a patient with multiple sclerosis and COVID-19." The authors report an MS patient on fingolimod and severe COVID-19 who was treated with a brief course of tocilizumab, and apparently the treatment was effective:


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32416330/
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More on tocilizumab: Tocilizumab might attenuate "cytokine storm" in some COVID-19 patients
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2020, 08:56:17 pm »
From NEJM Journal Watch (May 12, 2020)--"Tocilizumab might attenuate 'cytokine storm' in some COVID-19 in some patients":


https://www.jwatch.org/na51506/2020/05/12/tocilizumab-might-attenuate-cytokine-storm-covid-19?query=C19
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