Talk:COVID-19/Archive 20
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Antihistamines ... prevention and treatment of Covid
Suggested edit ...
Antihistamines ... prevention and treatment of Covid
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10129342/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1202696/full
https://www.mycovidteam.com/resources/antihistamines-for-covid-19-can-benadryl-zyrtec-etc-help-with-symptoms 98.46.116.219 (talk) 14:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now
- None of those sources establish that antihistamines prevent COVID-19. There are statements like
we believe that antihistamines may have played a role as a preventive drug for COVID-19 which should be studied
&Clinical trials will be necessary to establish the drugs’ effectiveness in prevention, early treatment and as a secondary therapy for severe COVID-19.
- The first three sources are primary sources. Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)#Avoid primary sources states
Per the Wikipedia policies of neutral point of view, no original research, and verifiability, articles need to be based on reliable, independent, published secondary or tertiary sources. [...] Primary sources should NOT normally be used as a basis for biomedical content.
- The mycovidteam.com does support using antihistamines for treating COVID-19 and is a tertiary source. However, the criteria for Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)#Definitions specifies:
- A secondary source summarizes one or more primary or secondary sources to provide an overview of current understanding of the topic, to make recommendations, or to combine results of several studies. Examples include literature reviews or systematic reviews found in medical journals, specialist academic or professional books, and medical guidelines or position statements published by major health organizations.
- A tertiary source summarizes a range of secondary sources. Undergraduate- or graduate-level textbooks, edited scientific books, lay scientific books, and encyclopedias are tertiary sources.
- None of those sources establish that antihistamines prevent COVID-19. There are statements like
- Thus, none of the sources that you posted qualify for this article. If you do find a source that supports these criteria, please feel free to circle back & post it. Peaceray (talk) 17:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Secondary sources ...
- "should be approved for emergency use towards Covid‐19 management at the moment"
- Covid‐19 Histamine theory: Why antihistamines should be incorporated as the basic component in Covid‐19 management?
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9903129
- "Antihistamines have also been shown in small studies to reduce some Long COVID symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, and an inability to exercise"
- https://time.com/6263356/long-covid-treatment-prevention/
- https://www.prevention.com/health/a39122406/anthihistamines-long-covid-symptoms/
- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220214/Antihistamines-may-offer-hope-for-long-COVID-patients.aspx
- https://www.livescience.com/antihistamines-to-treat-long-covid-pasc 98.46.117.90 (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Mink
I request changing "strict quarantines and a mink euthanasia campaign" to "strict quarantines and the slaughter of all the country's mink"--94.189.43.2 (talk) 08:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
nasal vaccinations
can someone add something about the various efforts toward nasal vaccinations (such as in use in all of India!) somewhere?
pre-trial US example https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50133-2 173.222.1.147 (talk) 04:06, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done Would belong at COVID-19 vaccine, if WP:MEDRS can be found. Bon courage (talk) 05:36, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
