[Betty Jo]

Does your promed reply say that aspirin maybe shouldnt be given to SARS patients?

[CathyRyan]

You need to ask so one with a medical background that question. :)

[Domestic Church]

"MHV activation of the p38 MAP-kinase pathway results in phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF4E, which in turn contributes to a high level production of virus."

It seems the biochemists are alerting to a probable contraindication to using aspirin as its metabolism triples the viral production...no surprise as the possibility was discussed previously.