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Fake news running around? does advil/ibuprofen kickstart the covid-19 into pneumonia?

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Dr. Susan Stone answered

Specializes in Palliative Care

Ibuprofen is safe: As we learn more about COVID, many reports have come out. Some are not well founded. There is no data to support the relationship between ibuprofen and pneumonia with covid

Answered 3/29/2020

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