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A few medicines of note here: Ace inhibitors are a well known treatment that reduces blood pressure.

However, there are two different types of medicine undergoing clinical trials: Lopinavir/Ritonavir (tradename KALETRA) - a HIV medicine has shown promise and chloroquine - a 60+ year old anti-malaria medicine

Personally, i ordered chloroquine - well known safety profile. I won't wait for docs to discuss prescribing it if i get any symptoms. I may even take it for preventative use. I also have sequenced my DNA (full genome), and checked if I have any mutations that are know to increase production of ACE2 - increasing susceptibility to acquiring covid-19:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-020-0147-1

parent jamesblonde 6 years ago

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