Drug repositioning is an alternative for the treatment of coronavirus COVID-19.

Int J Antimicrob Agents

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Programa de Pós-graduacão em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Electronic address:

Published: June 2020

Given the extreme importance of the current pandemic caused by COVID-19, and as scientists agree there is no identified pharmacological treatment, where possible, therapeutic alternatives are raised through drug repositioning. This paper presents a selection of studies involving drugs from different pharmaceutical classes with activity against SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV, with the potential for use in the treatment of COVID-19 disease.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7194941PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105969DOI Listing

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