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Hydrogen Peroxide study for viruses

Published online 2020 Jun 1. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109910
PMCID: PMC7262503
PMID: 32505069

Hydrogen peroxide and viral infections: A literature review with research hypothesis definition in relation to the current covid-19 pandemic

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7262503/

Conclusions
There are no randomized controlled trials or clinical observational studies concerning the curative or preventive effect of hydrogen peroxide against viral infections. However, the literature from in-vitro immunological studies clearly points out that the application of hydrogen peroxide on the epithelial cells of nose, throat and mouth may well be extremely effective against viruses, including coronaviruses. We strongly encourage the rapid development of randomized controlled trials in both SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative subjects to study the effects that we have hypothesized. Those trials would be inexpensive to implement and compatible with other ongoing trials. Positive results would lead to remarkable global health gain with extremely limited costs. As a starting dose to test, we propose two puffs (about 0.28 ml) of 1.5% H2O2 nasal spray into each nostril two times daily combined with a mouth wash and gargling for 1 min with a 3% H2O2 solution two times daily.