Anyone know anything about this? https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/3cl-pharma-study-tollovid/ Some long covid sufferers on Twitter reporting positively e.g - https://twitter.com/AlisaValdesRod1
It's confusing. There seem to be 2 different 'studies'. Tollovid One is to get customer feedback for a supplement called Tollovid, and they specify that it is a 'market research study'. So not a scientific study. https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/3cl-pharma-study-tollovid/ Some quotes from the article: They say the are doing this because of anecdotal reports of people with Covid finding the supplement 'helpful'. Basically marketing, no scientific evidence. Tollovir And the other is a phase 2 trial of a drug called Tollovir. Which seems to be unrelated apart from the similar name and produced by the same company?
(I'm basing my comments only on the info in the article.). This has the hallmarks of a company selling snake oil. They are planning to do a market research study - this seems to involve asking consumers if they liked the product. Studies like these tend to produce positive statements that are fantastic for product advertising. If the company really thought they had a useful product, why would they not do a proper clinical trial? And the product is a dietary supplement. Which makes the likelihood of it being of any use pretty low. Yes, Tollovir seems to be a different thing - an anti-viral drug. It feels a bit as though confusion has been deliberately cultivated.
Never heard of it but a quick search came up with this info. The ingredients of Tollovid are lithospermum root (used in Chinese medicine) and lecithin. Source: https://mytollovid.com/ Tollovir appears to be a concentrated form of Tollovid. Source: https://todosmedical.com/tollovir There's a cease and desist from "unlawfully advertising that Tollovid prevents or treats Coronavirus Disease 2019" letter from the Federal Trade Commission [TLDR]. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/wa...st_letter_to_todos_medical_2021-04-30_dap.pdf
