Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/auJkLEufIU4   The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine, branded as Prozac and Saracen and prescribed for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating problems, and panic issues turns out to significantly slow the replication of the novel coronavirus in tissue culture.  The drug works at concentrations typically found in patients using this medication.   Virologists at Germany’s University of Würzburg discovered this phenomenon during their screening of already marketed prescription drugs for anti-CoVid19 activity.  Although Prozac was effective, other popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors including Lexapro and Paxil failed to have this effect.  Prozac did not inhibit other viruses including herpes, RSV, or rabies.   The researchers hope that Prozac may prove to be therapy for early stages of CoVid.   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.14.150490v2.full.pdf   #covid #prozac #fluoxetine #ssri