Advice From France To Avoid Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Leaves Experts Baffled
A weekend tweet by France's health minister suggesting ibuprofen might exacerbate COVID-19 doesn't have strong evidence behind it, say the WHO and other infectious disease doctors and researchers.
Over the last few days, social media has lit up with reports, picked up by some media outlets, that taking drugs like ibuprofen to ease COVID-19 symptoms could actually worsen the progress of the illness.
But most infectious disease experts say there's no good scientific evidence at this point to support that claim.
The furor was sparked by a tweet by the French health minister, Olivier Véran, over the weekend. He from the French health ministry, which counseled that patients should instead use acetaminophen, the generic name for Tylenol.
