Phamrmacoligical Therapies for COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review from 2022 Updated Nih, IDSA and ICMR Guidelines
Ab Ahad Wani
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Kar Tahir Ashraf
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Malik latief Ab
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Jawhar Ul Islam
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Aamir Shafi *
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Wani Mubashir
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Aleena Ahmad
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Khan Azra
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Dawood Ahmad
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Nayarah Altaf
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
Shahid Ahmad
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had catestrophic results on the world’s economy and demographics leading to more than 4 million fatalities.This has been the most devastating world crisis after the 1918 pandemic which was caused by influenza. The main concerns regarding the disease have been lack of specific antiviral therapies. Results from recent trials have given some hope and promising results for the treatment of COVID-19 especially Molnupiravir, Monoclonal antibodies and Janus kinase inhibitors. This review article gives a comprehensive update on various pharmacological therapies in the light of recently published standard treatment guidelines based on large clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, Monoclonal antibodies, molnupiravir, baricitinib