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COVID-19 a global crisis: Features, complications and suggested treatments

by Mustafa M. Abo-Elela 1  and  Nermeen A. ElKasabgy 2,*
1
Hefny pharma group, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
2
Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
*
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IJCMR  2023, 7; 1(2), 7; https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1020007
Received: 15 July 2023 / Accepted: 22 August 2023 / Published Online: 25 August 2023
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is the talk of everyone all over the world in 2020 since it has been considered as a public health emergency of international concern by WHO in 30th January, 2020. COVID-19 is a highly transmittable disease with different symptoms which can vary from mild to severe and life threatening. Scientists all over the world are working on finding a treatment or vaccine for this disease. All of these studies are currently not finished yet during writing this review. However, in this review a summary about the current status of these studies is given. This summary includes medicinal plants and natural products, antivirals like remdesivir, favipiravir, oseltamivir and nelfinavir as well as other miscellaneous drugs like chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin which showed promising results in treating COVID-19. In conclusion, the review recommends conducting further investigations worldwide and reporting them in peer-reviewed publications to aid in improving the drugs’ dosing regimens and clinical studies.

Keywords: Covid-19; SARS-CoV-2; Pneumonia; Vaccination; Antivirals; Hydroxychloroquine;
Copyright: © 2023 by M. Abo-Elela and A. ElKasabgy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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M. Abo-Elela, M.; A. ElKasabgy, N. COVID-19 a global crisis: Features, complications and suggested treatments. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research, 2023, 1, 7. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1020007
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M. Abo-Elela M, A. ElKasabgy N. COVID-19 a global crisis: Features, complications and suggested treatments. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research; 2023, 1(2):7. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1020007
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