Would Nitazoxanide be the 94% cure for the new coronavirus? Well, that's what Marcos Pontes said yesterday, when he announced in a press conference, held to discuss solutions for the coronavirus, however, we cannot trust 100% that we already have a solution.
As we mentioned earlier today, this minister's announcement was not viewed favorably by the medical community in Brazil as we portray in this matter, however, the Ministry of Health has approved the collective test and has already announced the name of the medicine that can be found in pharmacies at affordable prices.
In the first contact, in a conference with the Brazilian press, the minister said that he would not mention the name of the medicine to avoid a rush around a medicine without being sure that it will work, as happened previously with chloroquine, which even did with which medicine is sold out in pharmacies.
About Nitazoxanide and the collective by Marcos Pontes
However, as we know, there is always a source close to someone who is willing to sell information. After the conference, several journalists began to spread on the internet pointing the drug to the solution as nitazoxanide.
But in the end, does it really work?
Guys, let's not go out buying medicines without being sure of their effectiveness. This medication is sold under the trade name Annita, or ivermectin. Some people even mistakenly suggested the dose and how people should take it.
As information disseminators, we need to warn our readers that there is not, until now, any scientific study confirming the use of nitazoxanide in the treatment of COVID-19, and even if the medicine has demonstrated efficacy in in vitro tests, this does not mean that it is effective in humans.
No medicine should be used without the indication of a doctor or pharmacist and, in case of doubt, the population should seek guidance from these professionals.
However, for knowledge, understand how it works in our body:
It acts against protozoa by inhibiting an enzyme that is indispensable to the life of the parasite. The same seems to occur in relation to worms, although other mechanisms that have not yet been fully clarified may be involved. This is the description of the leaflet
Therefore, the action on viruses is through the inhibition of the synthesis of the viral structure, blocking the ability of the virus to multiply. It is estimated that the average time of action of the drug is expected to be between two and four hours after its administration.”
What does Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta say?
The minister of health who is more out there than here, that is, it is not known whether he stays or not, until the time of writing this article, had not given an official statement whether this medicine will really work with this 94% of efficiency.
The drug, Nitazoxanide, has low cost and wide distribution in the national territory, will be kept confidential until the results of clinical tests are concluded.
Source: UOL News
