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COVID treatment trial conducted with residents shows positive results with medication used for Gout

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — It’s a story 23ABC brought you back in September, it’s the ColCorona Covid-19 treatment trial, which Bakersfield health experts and residents participated in.

The trial studied an already FDA approved a drug called colchicine, in hopes that it will treat the symptoms of covid.

Now, the data is in and 23ABC’s Lezla Gooden gives us a closer look at those results.

Covid treatment trial conducted with Bakersfield residents shows positive results with medication used for Gout

If you would like to learn more about the trial, click here.

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