Is this medicine the breakthrough against loss of smell and taste from coronavirus?
Extremely annoying: losing your sense of smell and taste because of coronavirus. This is terribly frustrating for everyone, but for people whose profession depends on being able to smell and taste, it is a huge problem. Could this discovery offer relief in new cases?
Major discovery
A physician-researcher at the renowned American university Yale has made an important discovery. Dr. Jozeph Vinetz found that an existing medicine originally used to treat pancreatic inflammation helped preserve the sense of smell and taste during a COVID infection. Good news for people who tried the most crazy food combinations because coronavirus had left them unable to smell or taste.
Take the drugs in time
The medicine (medicines are called ‘drugs’ in America) is called camostat mesylate, and it appears to help protect the cells that are essential for the sense of smell. The sense of smell is closely linked to the sense of taste, and this could mean that these experiences, which are essential to many people, can be preserved during a coronavirus infection. However, the studies showed that the medicine must be taken early in the course of the illness, so you need to act in time.
Further research needed
Dr. Vinetz also clearly points out as a scientist that many more tests and studies are needed before it can be stated with certainty that camostat mesylate is truly a scientifically proven solution to this problem. But let’s hope that the tortures people subjected themselves to when they could no longer smell or taste during coronavirus will become a thing of the past. And that no one will ever again have to try Oreos with wasabi…
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- That wasabi with your sushi is completely fake
- Party snacks in times of coronavirus: make your own cheese sticks
Source: Fine Dining Lovers
