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Do we now have drugs to suppress a "cytokine explosion" so if a virus mutates to do this again, we can reduce the number of deaths?
by porker 7y ago
Do we now have drugs to suppress a "cytokine explosion" so if a virus mutates to do this again, we can reduce the number of deaths?
- gambiting 7y agoYes, we have drugs which reduce the effectiveness of the immune system, preventing this from happening. Of course you don't want to weaken the immune system too much, it's a difficult balance to strike I'm sure.
- throwanem 7y agoThis is false. Clinical management of the syndrome is purely supportive. There is ongoing work toward a variety of possible treatments - cytokine release syndrome can also result from a garden-variety flu, and as a side effect of some other therapies - but there's nothing outside an early experimental stage thus far.