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In this episode, Dr. O’Connell addresses misinformation regarding medications and their affects and interactions with the COVID-19 virus. Several agencies, including the FDA, have issued statements that they have found no evidence linking NSAID use and the worsening COVID-19 symptoms. There is also little scientific evidence that ACE inhibitors or ARB’s increase the risk for COVID-19 infection. The major medical societies in the United States and Europe recommend the continued use of ACE inhibitors and ARB’s even in the setting of COVID-19 infection.

Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in todays episode.

Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! 

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Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD