[About possible medications to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes COVID-19: is there any hope?]

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2020 May 18;58(3):226-228. doi: 10.24875/RMIMSS.M20000023.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract
in English, Spanish

To date, there is no treatment for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. Several studies are being carried out in several countries and some have yielded promising results; however, still no effective treatment has been identified to combat COVID-19, one of the most serious threats humanity has suffered in the last 100 years.

Hasta el día de hoy no se cuenta con un tratamiento para los pacientes infectados con SARS-CoV-2. Se están llevando a cabo estudios en varios países y algunos han arrojado resultados prometedores; sin embargo, aún no se ha logrado identificar un tratamiento efectivo para combatir la COVID-19, una de las amenazas más serias que ha sufrido la humanidad en los últimos 100 años.

Keywords: Coronavirus Infections; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2 Virus; Therapeutics.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Treatment Outcome