NSAIDs are safe in COVID
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-largest-date-non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory-medications.html
In the study, around a third of patients (30.4%. 1,279 out of 4,211) who had taken NSAIDs prior to hospital admission for COVID-19 died, a rate which was similar (31.3%. 21,256 out of 67,968) in patients who had not taken NSAIDs. In patients with rheumatological disease, the use of NSAIDs did not increase mortality.
Prof Ewen Harrison, of the University of Edinburgh and lead author of the study, said: "NSAIDs are commonly used to treat people all over the world for a range of conditions, from minor aches and pains to chronic conditions such as arthritis and cardiovascular disease. Many people rely on them to be able to carry out their day-to-day activities. When the pandemic began over a year ago, we needed to be sure that these common medications would not lead to worse outcomes in people with COVID-19. We now have clear evidence that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19, which should provide reassurance to both clinicians and patients that they can continue to be used in the same way as before the pandemic began."
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The early numbers were probably more corollary. They were on NSAID’s due to a condition that left them at greater risk from COVID .
Kinda like seeing that people taking insulin had poorer results... It wasn’t the insulin that was the problem, it was diabetes...
