Supplements in Covid-19 patients with chronic symptoms. Is it worth it or not ?

Authors: Călina Ciubotariu², Rodica Ana Ungur^1,2, Mihai Emil Russu², Paul Cătălin Toboltoc³,

Ileana Monica Borda^1,2, Laszlo Irsay^1,2, Viorela Ciortea¹, Ioan Onac^1,2, Monica Carmen Pop^1,4

Affiliation

¹“Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

²Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania

³County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Sibiu, Romania

⁴Clinical Hospital of Pulmonology “Leon Daniello” Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the medical world by surprise at the beginning of 2020, but, along the way we started to learn much more about this virus. Besides the discovery of a vaccine and better prevention techniques we have found over the course of time that many patients remain symptomatic after the infection.

Among these complaints we can mention fatigue, breathlessness, chest pains, memory and concentration deficits, brain fog, sleep disorders, palpitations, dizziness, joint pains, anxiety, depression, gut problems, taste and smell perturbations and skin rashes.

Concurrently, as long as there is no direct curative treatment for COVID-19, the sales of medical supplements have risen considerably with many people buying these without knowing whether or not they help. We aim to analyze these popular supplements that the general population is using and those used in similar illnesses to see if they manage to have proven results in dealing with the chronic symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Among these substances we can mention vitamin C, D, quercetin, arginine or turmeric and curcumin.