US FDA has approved the emergency use of antivirual drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus positive patients. The drug may help decrease the amount of the coronavirus in bodies.

‘Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral medicine to treat certain people in the hospital with COVID-19, said the FDA, adding the drug was still being studied.’

"There is limited information known about the safety and effectiveness of using remdesivir to treat people in the hospital with COVID-19," said the FDA. 




Remdesivir was shown in a clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some people.
There are no medicines approved by the FDA as safe and effective to treat people in the hospital who have COVID-19.
Therefore, the FDA has authorized the emergency use of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 under an EUA, said the agency.
Remdesivir is given to patients through a vein one time each day for up to 10 days depending on recommendations of healthcare providers, according to the FDA.
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Possible side effects of remdesivir include infusion-related reactions and increases in levels of liver enzymes, according to the FDA.
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