Epidemiologists agree to include colchicine in treatment protocol

25-1-2021 In-Cyprus In-Cyprus Cool

Epidemiologists agree to include colchicine in...

The scientific team of the Health Ministry is ready to include colchicine in the treatment protocol to face COVID-19, Konstantinos Tsioutis, assistant professor of internal medicine and infection prevention and control at the European University said.

Dr. Tsioutis referred to a large Canadian study which showed that the administration of colchicine to Covid-19 patients “reduced mortality by 44%, hospitalization by 25% and the need for intubation by 50%. Greece has already included colchicine in its treatment protocol.

The administration will be done after a doctor’s prescription in...

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Epidemiologists agree to include colchicine in treatment protocol

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