Article Type
Review
Published
The goal of this narrative review is to evaluate current and ongoing clinical trials of vitamins and supplements, alone or in combination with each other or other therapies, for the treatment of COVID-19.
Category: Primary Care
Drugs in Context Primary Care welcomes a broad range of article types including original research, study protocols and review articles.
In line with the principle of providing context for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to properly inform and improve disease management in real world medicine, we especially encourage the submission of articles that provide context for trials of drug interventions in order to motivate improvements in disease management by HCPs practising medicine in the front line.
Article Type
Meeting Report
Published
A meeting entitled ‘Current Perspective on the Use of Statins in the Treatment of Dyslipidemic Patients’ was held in Stresa, Italy, on 27–28th June 2019. This meeting report summarizes the main messages of the discussion with a special focus on pitavastatin, whose main features in different settings are described.
Article Type
Review
Published
In this narrative review, an overview of Ebola and coronavirus outbreaks is provided as well as a summary of preclinical and clinical studies of remdesivir for Ebola and COVID-19.
Article Type
Review
Published
Excessive exogenous thyroid hormone ingestion may lead to severe thyrotoxicosis and cause potential harm; this review of the literature suggests that thyroid hormone supplementation should not be used to alleviate nonspecific complaints in patients with normal endogenous thyroid function.
Article Type
Review
Published
This literature review provides an update on the current understanding of the pathophysiology and management of motion sickness.
