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Early on in the pandemic, doctors reported that patients who were critically ill with COVID-19 appeared to have a higher risk of blood clots. And there was speculation that statins a type of cholesterol-lowering drug could help. Research conducted in New York City and published in February 2021 in the journal found that people who had been taking statins long-term before being hospitalized with COVID-19 were 50 percent less likely to die within 30 days compared with those who hadn’t. The researchers hypothesized that this may have something to do with statins’ anti-inflammatory effect, which they thought may be effective in treating inflammation-related complications of COVID-19.
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b for its members of the Valisure data suggesting products to avoid and which might be safest with regard to the benzene results.
FDA currently recognizes the serious danger of benzene and lists it as a “
Class 1 solvent” that “should not be employed in the manufacture of drug substances, excipients, and drug products because of their unacceptable toxicity…However, if their use is unavoidable in order to produce a drug product with a significant therapeutic advance, then their levels should be restricted” and benzene is restricted to 2 ppm for these special circumstances. Being that many of the tested sunscreen and after-sun care products did not contain detectable levels of benzene, it does not appear that benzene use is unavoidable for their manufacture and considering the long history of widespread use of these products, it also does not appear that they currently constitute a significant therapeutic advance; therefore, any sign