A psychiatrist who worked on the study noted, "Fluvoxamine may reduce the production of inflammatory molecules called cytokines, that can be triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection," Reiersen said in a statement. The drug may also reduce blood platelets, which may affect the clotting effects of coronavirus infection."
Fluvoxamine does not have the same clinical benefit to Covid patients that lenz has. But the drugs work the same way. Having a drug that could prevent encephalopathy and thrombosis could have been a game-changer for my wife, and I can't wait until doctors get to know lenz better, and it starts to be used in these indications.