Nicotine patches hope to fight coronavirus

A study conducted at a large Paris hospital showed that smokers were underrepresented among crown patients.

The study included 480 people who tested positive for the virus, writes The Guardian.

In the first test group, the median age was 65 years, and 4.4 percent answered that they smoked regularly.

In the second test group, the median age was 44 years and consisted of 5.3 percent smokers.

The researchers then compared the results with the overall appearance of smoking habits in the corresponding parts of the population in France.

It turned out that the proportion of smokers in the age group 44-53 was 40 percentand between 8.8 and 11.3 percent Among people in the age group 65-75.

professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, who leads the research work, has released the theory that Nicotine can prevent the coronavirus from attaching to ACE2 receptors on cells..

Therefore, tests are now being conducted where crown patients and healthcare professionals can use nicotine patches.

In late March, an investigation was also published in China, with similar results.

But the research community disagrees.

At the same time, there is a study from March 18 in which researchers from Virginia in the United States could show that nicotine stimulates rather than blocks the likelihood that the coronavirus will bind to ACE2 receptors.

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