Title:
Alpha Blockers to Ease Severe COVID-19 Symptoms by Preventing ‘Cytokine Storm’
By:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Published:
SciTechDaily, 25 May 2020
https://scitechdaily.com/alpha-blockers-to-ease-severe-covid-19-symptoms-by-preventing-cytokine-storm/
From the article:
"For some COVID-19 patients, the body’s immune response may be as destructive as the virus that causes the disease. The persistent high fevers, severe respiratory distress, and lung damage seen in some critically ill patients are all signs of an immune system in overdrive.
Now, a new clinical trial will test a treatment that targets this overactive immune response, says Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Bert Vogelstein. He and his team at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are currently recruiting individuals for the trial, which includes patients ages 45 to 85 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital who have COVID-19 but who aren’t on a ventilator or in the ICU."