Illustration showing long COVID patients revitalized by fluvoxamine treatment in a clinical trial, with scientists and physician highlighting study results.
Illustration showing long COVID patients revitalized by fluvoxamine treatment in a clinical trial, with scientists and physician highlighting study results.
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Fluvoxamin lindrar svår trötthet vid långtidscovid

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En studie visar att antidepressiva läkemedlet fluvoxamin dämpar svår trötthet hos patienter med långtidscovid. I en randomiserad prövning på 399 vuxna jämfördes det med metformin och placebo. Överläkare Judith Bruchfeld kallar resultaten intressanta.

En ny studie, rapporterad av Dagens Medicin, har undersökt behandling av svår trötthet hos vuxna med långtidscovid – en trötthet som inte lindras av vila. 399 patienter lottades till att få fluvoxamin, typ 2-diabetesläkemedlet metformin eller placebo.

Fluvoxamin, som används mot depression, visade sig dämpa tröttheten effektivt. Metformin och placebo saknade motsvarande effekt i studien.

– Det här är intressanta data från en välgjord studie. Fluvoxamin är ett välkänt läkemedel med relativt få biverkningar och något man kan testa kliniskt på utvalda patienter, säger Judith Bruchfeld, överläkare inom infektionsmedicin på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset som forskar om långtidscovid, till tidningen.

Läkemedlet säljs i Sverige som Fevarin men är inte subventionerat.

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