BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – Doctors from Rajavithi
Hospital in Bangkok successfully treated a coronavirus patient with a cocktail
of anti-viral drugs used to treat flu and HIV.
The 70-year-old Chinese woman was tested negative to
the new coronavirus and has been recovering well after she had been
administered two groups of medications – oseltamivir, an anti-flu drug and
lopinavir and ritonavir, two AIDS drugs, Dr Kriangsak Atipornwanich, a
physician at Rajavithi Hospital said in a press briefing.
The patient was transferred from a hospital in Hua
Hin to Rajavithi Hospital on Jan 29.
This anti-viral combined medication formula was used
to treat three patients, including two Chinese nationals and one Thai. They
developed pneumonia with high fever.
The other Chinese patient had allergic reaction to
oseltamivir and the doctors keep monitoring any possible allergic signs in the
Thai patient.
More research results will be considered by a
committee of experts before the cocktail of the combined anti-viral medication
formula will be used as a guideline for the treatment of severe novel
coronavirus cases in Thailand. (TNA)
