Table 3.
List of drugs that have been used to mitigate COVID -19.
| S.N. | Drugs | Brand Name | Manufacturer | Dose | Duration of treatment | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lopinavir/ritonavir | Aluvia® | ABBOTT health care Pvt. Ltd. | 50 mg/20 0 mg in tablet form | Not more than 10 days | Dong et al. (2020) |
| 2. | Ribavirin | Rebetol, Ribasphere, Copegus and Virazole | Valeant Pharmaceuticals | 500 mg thrice a day or given in combination with ritonavir/Lopinavir and INF-α through Intravenous infusion | Not more than 10 days | Dong et al. (2020) |
| 3. | Chloroquine phosphate | Aralen | Novartis, Mylan and Teva | 500 mg, 250 mg twice a day given orally | Not more than 10 days | Dong et al. (2020) |
| 4. | Umifenovir | Arbidol | Pharmastandart | 50 mg, 200 mg thrice a day in oral form | Not more than 10 days | Dong et al. (2020) |
| 5. | Oseltamivir | ANTIFLU cap | Cipla | 75 mg twice in a day in oral form | 3–14 days | (file:///C:/Users/hp/Downloads/Tamiflu_GL-019936.pdf) |
| 6. | Umifenovir | Arbidol | Pharmastandart | 0.2 g three times a day | Not more than 14 days | Zhu et al. (2020) |
| 7. | Baricitinib | Olumiant | Eli Lilly | 2 mg once daily | Not more than 14 days | (Richardson et al., 2020a, 2020b; Stebbing et al., 2020) |
| 8. | Bromhexine | BROLYT | Alco Pharma Ltd. | 4 mg and 8 mg three times a day | – | Rosa and Santos (2020) |
| 9. | Fingolimod | Gilenya | Novartis | 0.5 mg once in a day | Not more than 3 days | (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04280588) |
| 10. | Bevacizumab | Avastin | Aspar Pharmaceuticals | 500 mg | – | (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04275414) |
| 11. | Pirfenidone | Esbriet | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals | 267 mg three times a day | – | (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04282902) |
| 12. | Thalidomide | Thalomid | Grunenthal | 100 mg | Not more than 14 days | (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04273529) |