Ibuprofen and NSAID Use in COVID-19 Infected Patients Is Not Associated with Worse Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study

Laila Carolina Abu Esba1, Rahaf Alqahtani1, Abin Thomas2, Nour Shamas3, Lolowa Alswaidan3, Gahdah Mardawi1
1Pharmaceutical Care Department, Ministry of the National Guard, Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
3King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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