Potential Treatments for COVID-19; a Narrative Literature Review

Ali Rismanbaf

Potential Treatments for COVID-19; a Narrative Literature Review

Arch Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 21;8(1):e29. eCollection 2020.

Author

Ali Rismanbaf¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

PMID: 32232214
PMCID: PMC7085862

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is a newly emerging human infectious coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11^th. There is still no vaccine or definitive treatment for this virus because its pathogenesis and proliferation pathways are still unknown. Therefore, in this article, new potential COVID-19 therapies are briefly reviewed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Case reports; Clinical trial; Coronavirus; Drug therapy; Review.

Publication types

Review