Implications for Systemic Approaches to COVID-19: Effect Sizes of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Melatonin, Vitamin D3, and Meditation

Castle et al., Journal of Inflammation Research, doi:10.2147/JIR.S323356, Sep 2021

Vitamin D for COVID-19

8th treatment shown to reduce risk in October 2020, now with p < 0.0000000001 from 138 studies, recognized in 18 countries.

No treatment is 100% effective.
Protocols combine treatments.

Review of the effects of COVID-19 on inflammatory markers, and the effects on those markers of standard treatments vs. vitamin D, melatonin, and meditation, showing comparable or superior effects with the non-standard treatments. The standard treatments in this study were remdesivir and tocilizumab. We note that standard treatments vary widely around the world, for example vitamin D is a standard treatment in many locations.
Reviews covering vitamin D for COVID-19 include1-44.
Study covers melatonin and vitamin D.
Castle et al., 22 Sep 2021, peer-reviewed, 8 authors.
Implications for Systemic Approaches to COVID-19: Effect Sizes of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Melatonin, Vitamin D3, and Meditation
Ryan D Castle, Michelle A Williams, William C Bushell, J Adam Rindfleisch, Christine Tara Peterson, James Marzolf, Kimberly Brouwer, Paul J Mills
Journal of Inflammation Research, doi:10.2147/jir.s323356
Introduction: COVID-19 poses a chronic threat to inflammatory systems, reinforcing the need for efficient anti-inflammatory strategies. The purpose of this review and analysis was to determine the efficacy of various interventions upon the inflammatory markers most affected by COVID-19. The focus was on the markers associated with COVID-19, not the etiology of the virus itself. Methods: Based on 27 reviewed papers, information was extracted on the effects of COVID-19 upon inflammatory markers, then the effects of standard treatments (Remdesivir, Tocilizumab) and adjunctive interventions (vitamin D 3 , melatonin, and meditation) were extracted for those markers. These data were used to approximate effect sizes for the disease or interventions via standardized mean differences (SMD). Results: The data that were available indicated that adjunctive interventions affected 68.4% of the inflammatory markers impacted by COVID-19, while standard pharmaceutical medication affected 26.3%. Discussion: Nonstandard adjunctive care appeared to have comparable or superior effects in comparison to Remdesivir and Tocilizumab on the inflammatory markers most impacted by COVID-19. Alongside standards of care, melatonin, vitamin D 3 , and meditation should be considered for treatment of SARS-COV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease.
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