'the drug has other biological properties that could quell inflammation triggered by COVID-19' "Fluvoxamine is commonly prescribed for obsessive-compulsive dis

'the drug has other biological properties that could quell inflammation triggered by COVID-19' "Fluvoxamine is commonly prescribed for obsessive-compulsive disorder and acts by increasing levels of the brain chemical serotonin between nerve cells. Aside from those effects, the drug has other biological properties that could quell inflammation triggered by COVID-19, says child psychiatrist Angela Reiersen of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She stumbled onto the idea to test fluvoxamine as a COVID-19 treatment while scouring papers during her own bout of illness early in the pandemic."