What Happens to Your Body on Remdesivir. 렘데시비르 복용 시 신체에 어떤 일이 발생하나요?

What Happens to Your Body on Remdesivir. 렘데시비르 복용 시 신체에 어떤 일이 발생하나요?

Initially, an antiviral medication that was thought to help patients with Ebola, it has become an important treatment for COVID-19. The process by which Remdesivir blocks the virus was initially unknown, but with more studies, researchers have a possible answer.

In order for a virus to infect the body, the virus must be able to replicate the genetic material within it, called RNA. There are a number of enzymes that are necessary for the copying of the RNA, most of which are within the cells of the patient. The virus enters the cells and then makes copies of itself using the enzymes present within the cells. Once the genetic material is created, it is packaged into its own viral particle and sent out of the cell to find another cell to infect.

This is the mechanism of the viral infection of a host organism, or patient. Remdesivir appears to block a specific enzyme within the replication stage. It blocks the cellular copy machine keeping the virus from replicating. With the copying machine blocked, the number of viral particles will decrease which will help the patient improve.

Remdesivir is currently allowed for use in patients under emergency use authorization and has has been found to decrease the duration of hospital stay for patients even if they are in the intensive care unit