What is it about?
Lithium is an inexpensive medication used to treat bipolar disorder. It is included in the list of essential medicines prepared by the World Health Organization. Our short report highlights five studies, which showed that lithium could slow down coronaviral infections in laboratory models.
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Why is it important?
We lack the treatment options to fight the outbreak of 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease (COVID-2019). If lithium works, it could make a difference because it is widely available.
Perspectives
I hope that our brief report will help to attract attention to lithium as a potential option to explore in 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease (COVID-2019). I feel that the use of lithium should be investigated by researchers and physicians after careful assessment. However, there is currently no evidence for lithium to be used for COVID-2019 prevention or treatment by individuals.
Dr. Jan Krzysztof Nowak
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Is lithium a potential treatment for the novel Wuhan (2019-nCoV) coronavirus? A scoping review, F1000Research, February 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.22299.1.
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