This idea is about using a nose spray or breathing treatment with nitric oxide to hit the spot where COVID-19 germs first enter your body, which might help fight the infection better.

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Nitric oxide and its derivatives containing nasal spray and inhalation therapy for the treatment of COVID-19.

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2022

The study looks at using a nitric oxide spray in the nose to treat COVID-19, and it says this is a good idea because the virus often enters through the nose, so the spray can target it right where it starts.

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Nitric oxide and its derivatives containing nasal spray and inhalation therapy for the treatment of COVID-19.

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DOI: 10.2174/1381612829666221024124848

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A nose spray with nitric oxide helps people with mild COVID-19 get rid of the virus faster. When used several times a day for over a week, it reduces the virus amount 16 times quicker than a placebo spray by the second and fourth days.

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A nose spray with nitric oxide can quickly kill over 99% of flu, COVID, and cold viruses in lab tests.

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A nose spray with nitric oxide quickly kills over 99.9% of the COVID-19 virus and its variants in lab tests, working in as little as 30 seconds.

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A nasal spray with nitric oxide helps people with mild COVID-19 by reducing the amount of virus in their body over a week of treatment, making them less sick.

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A nose spray with nitric oxide might quickly lower the amount of COVID-19 virus in your body, cutting it by 95% in one day and 99% in three days for people with mild symptoms.

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