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ArticleMedical hypotheses2020

Reposition of montelukast either alone or in combination with levocetirizine against SARS-CoV-2.

Dipankar Bhattacharyya

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Article in Medical hypotheses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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Dipankar BhattacharyyaChichuria Institute of Medical Science & Research, Thakurpara, Chichuria, Bethuadahari-II (XVI), Nadia, West Bengal 741 126, India. Electronic address: bhattacharyya952@gmail.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been hypothesised that antiallergic medications (AAMs) like montelukast and levocetirizine both the two bitter chloro compounds could be repurposed either alone or combinedly as an antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, like chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine (CQ/HCQ), another two bitter chloro compounds. Both AAMs and CQ/HCQ are bitter tasted chloro compounds. Depending on their these two similar physical properties and the safety and efficacy of AAMs by controlling over post viral episodes as comparing with viral inhibitory activities including SARS-CoV-2 by CQ/HCQ, a reposition of AAMs either alone/combinedly could be rationalised as an antiviral approach to nCoV.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug RepositioningAcetatesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntiviral AgentsCetirizineClinical Trials as TopicCyclopropanesHistamine H1 Antagonists, Non-SedatingHumansHypersensitivityModels, TheoreticalPatient SafetyQuinolinesSulfidesTasteAcetatesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntiviral AgentsCetirizineCyclopropanesHistamine H1 Antagonists, Non-SedatinglevocetirizinemontelukastQuinolinesSulfides

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PMID33254480
PMCPMC7321662

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