Efficacy and Safety of Lithium Treatment in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients

• Main Authors: Carlos Spuch (Author), Marta López-García (Author), Tania Rivera-Baltanás (Author), J. J Cabrera-Alvargonzález (Author), Sudhir Gadh (Author), Daniela Rodrigues-Amorim (Author), Tania Álvarez-Estévez (Author), Almudena Mora (Author), Marta Iglesias-Ma (Author), Luis Freiría-Martínez (Author), Maite Pérez-Rodríguez (Author), Alexandre Pérez-González (Author), Ana López-Domínguez (Author), María Rebeca Longueira-Suarez (Author), Adrián Sousa-Domínguez (Author), Alejandro Araújo-Ameijeiras (Author), David Mosquera-Rodríguez (Author), Manuel Crespo (Author), Dolores Vila-Fernández (Author), Benito Regueiro (Author), Jose Manuel Olivares (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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At the beginning of the pandemic, we observed that lithium carbonate had a positive effect on the recovery of severely ill patients with COVID-19. Lithium is able to inhibit the replication of several types of viruses, some of which are similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, increase the immune response a...