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Is the Media report of ICMR on COVID 19 cocktail of ritonavir and lopinavir correct?

Feb 18. 2025
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to allow a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, approved for AIDS treatment, to be used if coronavirus infections turn into a public health emergency in India. It can be used as a fixed-dose combination in patients over age 18, with lab confirmation of COVID19, with severe respiratory distress /very low BP /new-onset organ dysfunction /lung parenchymal infiltrates on Xray or CT scan.

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