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A common antidepressant and an antifungal treatment used for decades could help treat Covid, a new study claims.   The antifungal drug itraconazole, which is used to treat thrush and infected toenails, killed the virus in experiments. Fluoxetine, the antidepressant better known as Prozac, was also effective, data shows. Both the drugs are already approved for human use and worked best when combined with the antiviral remdesivir, scientists said. It offers hope of a 'Covid cocktail', say the German and Finnish team, who now hope to start human trials. The antifungal drug itraconazole, which ...

Antifungal and antidepressant drugs can effectively inhibit COVID-19 virus New research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology indicates that two currently available medications--an antifungal drug and an antidepressant--can effectively inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in laboratory cells. Investigators found that the antifungal itraconazole and the antidepressant fluoxetine each blocked the production of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture lab tests. When either drug was used in combination with the antiviral drug remdesiver, the combination showed synergistic effect...