German researchers make a spectacular discovery: a long-known drug helps against corona

Remdesivir is considered controversial in the treatment of corona patients.

German researchers are now discovering that a long-known drug against Covid-19 should help.

At least for difficult courses.

• Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

  : many hopes rest on the

  corona vaccine from

  the Mainz-based pharmaceutical company

  Biontech

  .

• Medicines against Covid-19

  : The effect of

  Remdesivir

  in the treatment of

  corona

  patients

  is now considered controversial.

• German researchers are now finding out: A well-known

  antidepressant

  can probably

  help

  in the fight against the insidious

  coronavirus

  .

Munich / Münster -

- the international race for a

has long since begun.

Figuratively speaking.

But politicians,

and

professionals constantly emphasize: It

will take months for the

- whose widespread delivery is expected in the spring, according to media reports - to take effect across the board.

Drug against corona: Remdesivir is considered controversial - the RKI warns

By then, thousands of citizens in the

with

hospitalized, some even have to be

ventilated

in the

.

In addition to research on the

, the search for suitable

that can alleviate symptoms and

inhibit

the spread of the

in patients as well as possible continues.

, which was originally developed against Ebola, is considered controversial.

Medicines against Covid-19: researchers from Münster make a discovery

For example, the

from Berlin

explains

in a statement on remdesivir: "The influence on 28-day mortality could not be demonstrated in the WHO solidarity study."

In their search for suitable

, German researchers have now made a spectacular discovery.

The

reports on it.

According to

the report,

researchers from the

and the

found that the drug

effective

against the

.

The

funded the study by the

which, according to

*, was published in the journal

.

Drug against corona: The antidepressant Prozac is supposed to relieve severe Covid-19 courses

Striking:

has been

as an

under the name

since 1988

.

"The research group headed by Ursula Rescher found in in-vitro tests that the active ingredient can

inhibit

both the

penetration 

into the host cell and the growth of the pathogen - without damaging tissue," writes

*.

In the best case, the

could

at least slow down

.

(pm)