Conventional and Unconventional Approaches for Innovative Drug Treatments in COVID-19: Looking Outside of Plato's Cave

Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 5;22(13):7208. doi: 10.3390/ijms22137208.

Abstract

Thousands of drugs and nutraceuticals along with their combinations can be used to select candidate therapeutics for targeting the transmission, proliferation and the fatal or severe symptoms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in order to reduce the unacceptably high mortality rate observed in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its associated negative effects on daily life worldwide [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • COVID-19 / etiology
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment*
  • Drug Approval
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2 / drug effects
  • SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents