Antioxidants/Antihyxants-the missing puzzle of effective pathogenetic therapy of patients with Covid-19

Author:
T.A. Voronin

Research Institute of Pharmacology. V.V. Zakusova, Moscow, Russian Federation

Place of publication:
Infectious diseases, 2020, T. 18, No. 2, P. 97–102

Summary:
The article presents a review of the data that with a disease caused by COVID-19, along with impaired respiratory functions of the lungs (bronchoalveolar epithelium does not withheld oxygen, etc.), the level of hemoglobin and its ability to transfer oxygen to organs and tissues of the body, it decreases, the level of hema rises; Anokemia, oxygen starvation of organs and tissues of the whole organism and oxidative stress develops. Mexol, which was created in Russia, is widely used in medical practice, including diseases accompanied by ischemia and hypoxia. Mexol has an antihypoxic, antioxidant effect, the ability to restore mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction and, thus, affects key, basic processes in the cellular structures of the body and tissues of the body that occur in various hypoxic conditions. Mexidol can be useful in the complex therapy of patients with COVID-19. Key words: Covid-19, antioxidant, antihypoxant, hemoglobin, hypoxia, oxygen starvation, mexidol, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress.