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Should i take advil if i get the symptoms of novel coronavirus?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: At one point the World Health Organization recommended against use of NSAID's with COVID 19 but has since reversed that recommendation. REF: https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/the-use-of-non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-(nsaids)-in-patients-with-covid-19

Answered 5/16/2020

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