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Study: Relax, Taking Ibuprofen Won't Make COVID-19 More Severe

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Study: Relax, Taking Ibuprofen Won't Make COVID-19 More Severe

Study: Relax, Taking Ibuprofen Won't Make COVID-19 More Severe

In the early days of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, it was believed using NSAID painkillers like ibuprofen could worsen the disease.

But now, UPI reports a new study from Denmark, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine, shows that's just not true.

Among NSAID users with COVID-19, the data showed nearly 25% needed to be hospitalized, 5% required admission to the intensive care unit and 6.3% died.


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