Question

Ibuprofen and coronavirus: Should you take ibuprofen?

Please provide a view point on this topic and include the following in the response:

a.) what is composition of ibuprofen

b.) toxicity or side effects of ibuprofen

c.) why is ibuprofen used

d.) what is coronavirus

e.) why should ibuprofen be used or not

f.) what ibuprofen does to coronavirus infected patients.

Answer 1

IBUPROFEN in a drug which is categorised under NSAIDS alo known is Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs.

All NSAIDS usually work

a) Ibuprofen is chemically isobutylphenyl propionic acid

b) the commonly encountered side effects of this drug includes the following:

Nauseaa, Vomiting, Rashes,Headache, sometimes even Constipation, gastric ulcers, increase in blood pressure, abdominal pain. could also cause diarrhoea in some patients.

c) Ibuprofen as mentioned earlier is actually an NSAID therefore it is used to treat minor to moderate form of inflammation that occurs in the body like in arithritis. also used for the treatment of menstrual cramps, fever, pain, after dental treatments .

d) Corona virus also known to be SARS Cov 2 ( Severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a virus that has been responsible for the lastest global pandemic COVID19, also known as Corona Virus Disease which originated from a place names Wuhan in China, it has shown evidence of coming into human body through bats, and this virus spreads by human to human transmission and animals are known to be unaffected by the same. It is known to infect the respiratory system of the body especially in the ones with lower immunity like old aged people, immunocompromised suffering from HIV AIDSp, Untreated Diabetic patients.

e) Ibuprofen is known to stimulate ACT II also known as Angiotensin Converting enzyme 2 which was known to make the effect of COVID19 worse, this was brought into light as the disease started becoming pandemic but in recent studies that were undertaken by the WHO (World Health Organisation) they have not found any substantial evidence of the same.

f) The ibuprofen was suspected to incease the ACE II effect as mentioned above by taking Ibuprpofen which is actually ACE ( angiotensin converting enzyme ) inhibitor.They beleive that this medication could actually hasten the prodjuction of the ACE II receptors in the body which would aid in the giving the virus more receptors to attack and that could worsen the viral infection in the body.

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