Plasma therapy may be useful for COVID-19 treatment if positioned properly: AIIMS director
New Delhi - Even as the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that plasma therapy may soon be discontinued from the Covid-19 national treatment protocol, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi's Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that it's too early to comment on the government body's observation and more data needs to be studied.
"Plasma isn't a magic bullet. We've to position it properly where it may be useful, rather than saying everyone will benefit from it. What we're learning from COVID is that, treatment may be useful if the timing is proper," Dr Guleria told ANI.
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The AIIMS director said that there was a need to look at more data to decide conclusively.
"I think we need to look at more data. In the ICMR study, a large number of patients who were given plasma already had antibodies in their blood. We know that if you already have antibodies then giving antibodies from outside through plasma may not be of that much use. That is why most of the studies now suggest that plasma given early before a person's own antibiotics have found may be useful," he said.
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