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Oxytocin, a possible treatment for COVID-19? Everything to gain, nothing to lose

Diep, Phuoc-Tan; Buemann, Benjamin; Uvnas-Moberg, Kerstin

Abstract

After comparing the morbidity patterns of COVID-19 infections, variations of oxytocin levels and some properties of the neurohormone oxytocin, the authors put forward their hypothesis that oxytocin might constitute a safe, inexpensive and readily available treatment for this disease.

Keywords

COVID-19; pandemic; treatment; oxytocin; immune system; inflammation

Published in

Clinical Neuropsychiatry
2020, Volume: 17, number: 3, pages: 192-195

    Sustainable Development Goals

    SDG3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Pharmacology and Toxicology

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.36131/CNEPUB20201703

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106969