Using anti-acid therapy in era of COVID-19 pandemic: Potential pros and cons
This review articles shows evidence that while PPI treatment may be associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, recent findings have shown no effect of current PPI treatment on COVID-19 outcome, suggesting that previous inconsistent results were likely due to differences in study design and population. Attempts to transfer patients with COVID-19 infection to H2 histamine blockers are not entirely justified, since despite some positive aspects in the effect on the virus, standard therapeutic doses of drugs for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and other acid-associated diseases are insufficient to achieve a clinical effect at this category of patients.