Saturday, 29 August 2020

Disease Modifying Drugs or Biological drugs

 What are Biologic drugs?? Ans;

There are some drugs which are termed as “Disease modifying drugs”- abbreviation is “ DMRD “..These drugs are sometimes used in Rh arthritis, Renal Lupus  and modifies Cytokines , Throbaxane -1 etc. Some drugs of this broad family (Biologic Drugs)  are A) TNF alpha antagonists like intercept, Ifiixicam, adalimumab which suppress some reactions in the body including the lung reactions in COVID 19.These group of drugs block the pro inflammatory cytokines and may save the human lungs from severe damage. Assuming that we need urgent shift of Th 1 to Th 2 at alveolus  and protect the lungs tissue against NK cells abrupt rise  at alveolus such kind of  drugs may help..

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