{"id":85622,"date":"2020-08-24T19:26:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17047"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:56:43","slug":"explained-what-is-rlf-100-or-aviptadil-the-1970-drug-being-explored-for-covid-19-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-rlf-100-or-aviptadil-the-1970-drug-being-explored-for-covid-19-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What is RLF-100 or Aviptadil, the 1970 drug being explored for Covid-19 treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> An old drug formulation RLF-100 or Aviptadil is being probed to treat Covid-19 patients after initial studies have shown that the drug is able to halt SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>RLF-100 or Aviptadil: <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>is an old proprietary drug formulation of synthetic human Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide(VIP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP): <\/strong>It is released throughout the body but remains mostly concentrated in lungs.<\/li><li><strong>Significance of VIP:<\/strong><ul><li>It is produced by immune cells and nerve endings and acts as a neurotransmitter.<\/li><li>It helps improve muscle activity and blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract.<\/li><li>It has anti-inflammatory and anti-cytokine activity properties that can help in alleviating respiratory distress in COVID19 patients.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: An old drug formulation RLF-100 or Aviptadil is being probed to treat Covid-19 patients after initial studies have shown that the drug is able to halt SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in lungs. Facts: RLF-100 or Aviptadil: It is an old proprietary drug formulation of synthetic human Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide(VIP). Additional Facts: Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP):&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-rlf-100-or-aviptadil-the-1970-drug-being-explored-for-covid-19-treatment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What is RLF-100 or Aviptadil, the 1970 drug being explored for Covid-19 treatment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[3014,3015,3016],"class_list":["post-85622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-aviptadil","tag-covid-drug","tag-rlf-100","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704807353},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}