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May 11 2020
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Famotidine: Another Proposed Weapon Against COVID-19

By Lynnepi

My brother recently made me aware of a randomized trial testing whether famotidine (brand name: Pepcid) can prevent bad outcomes in patients with COVID-19.  The idea for this came from an infectious disease physician, Michael Callahan, who was working in China when the coronavirus outbreak hit and went to Wuhan to study (?) it.  Dr.…

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