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While your explanation seems the most likely, macrolide compounds like Azithromycin may actually have direct antiviral effects of their own: https://erj.ersjour
by didgeoridoo 7y ago
While your explanation seems the most likely, macrolide compounds like Azithromycin may actually have direct antiviral effects of their own: https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/2/428 https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/2/428
- kian 7y agoThank you for that! I had no idea Azithromycin had those effects.
- masonic 7y agoThat's against rhinovirus, not coronavirus.
- didgeoridoo 7y agoThe study focused on rhinoviruses because they are the dominant source of viral morbidity in CF patients. If their proposed MoA (interferon agonist in epithelial cells) is correct, there’s a good reason to believe the antiviral effect is nonspecific to rhinovirus.