Posted on 03/28/2020 5:10:11 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Weve been talking about anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for about three weeks now. However, U.S. health agencies like FDA and CDA, are still very cautious about the effectiveness and safety of the two drugs due to small trial size and lack of sufficient data.
In France, the government caved to pressure from renowned Dr. Didier Raoult, who led the new additional study on 80 patients, results show a combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to be effective in treating COVID-19. Dr Didier Raoult, a professor of infectious diseases who works at La Timone hospital in Marseille, then declared in a video on YouTube that chloroquine was a cure for Covid-19 and should be used immediately.
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Im currently on Plaquenil - (Hydroxychloroquine) 200 mg x 2/day, for CREST syndrome (Rheumatoid/Scleroderma). It has worked very well for me and I hope it is the medicine we need to combat this virus.
“This is a planned failure designed to further sabotage the inexpensive generic drug’s reputation in favor of a more expensive alternative being developed by their ‘national champion’ Sanofi.”
I have a more nefarious idea. This is sabotage to make the virus more deadly.
“This is a planned failure designed to further sabotage the inexpensive generic drug’s reputation in favor of a more expensive alternative being developed by their ‘national champion’ Sanofi.”
I have a more nefarious idea. This is sabotage to make the virus more deadly.
Not so curious perhaps.
Two NYC specialist doctors I am checking up on twitter came down with a bad case of coronavirus at Maimonides Hospital. Both were started on hydroxychloroquin/azithryomycin, and unfortunately it didn’t work for them. Dr Jignish Patel was given Tocilizumab in iv form. Maybe his boss, Dr Jesse Greenberg was also given the same. Dr Patel improved a lot and has been discharged but Dr Greenberg deteriorated and was put on a vent. Co-workers were appealing for Gilead’s trial med Remdisivir for Dr Jesse but it’s in short supply. I don’t know what happened. I’m hoping they got the remdisivir for him. Maybe this is what happened to Dr Arnold Weg as well. Docs keep trying until they find a medicine that works.
The reason for Dr Weg seems to be that the trial was limited to 400 people
But what does a trial matter if a Dr is allowed to prescribe off label, compassionate use, etc......unless the real issue is supply and therefore it is being limited to trials.
But I get your point about Z-pak. they might have tried it and it isnt doing squat for him.
Seems like I am seeing the combo has to be started early to give it the best chance
Thanks
Not in the biz
Yes, I seeing more tweets from doctors and patients in US that the combo HCQ/Zpack does work in many cases. Maybe it’s timing or underlying health issues where it’s not working. It’s not 100% but many countries are formally making their first line of defence. If Italy is just now allowing it to be used, they’re very late.
The FDA approved used of Hydroxychloroquine for C-19 nine days ago.
This would fit in with the theory that it stops or hinders the RNA from duplicating give your body a chance to fight it off. So your best chance is early on before the virus is spinning all over your body.
Given that Zinc is thought to help hinder the RNA replication... I continue watching for things that make good Zinc transporters so that I never need to take the combo.
A Lancet article from 2003 suggests how chloroquin etc works in viral infections.
that might be offline since they are doing maintanance on the site
so here is a quote
Chloroquine exerts direct antiviral effects, inhibiting pH-dependent steps of the replication of several viruses including members of the flaviviruses, retroviruses, and coronaviruses. Its best-studied effects are those against HIV replication, which are being tested in clinical trials. Moreover, chloroquine has immunomodulatory effects, suppressing the production/release of tumour necrosis factor α and interleukin 6, which mediate the inflammatory complications of several viral diseases.
Hope they’re using the combo with zinc to make it more effective. I’ve heard the addition of high vitamin C is being done, because some asian doctors found that helped as well.
Good point on the timing there. Preventing the cytokine storm is key.
I heard that it was the cytokine storm that killed young and healthy patients during the H1N1 swine flu epidemic rather than the virus itself. Wiki’s writeup on the 1918-20 Spanish flu said that’s the cause of people playing bridge in the afternoon who died in the evening.
Wish them the best.
By the way, I was in (ruins of) ancient Rome, and I was in the military.
Now watch France lead the world in fewest deaths.
some people are looking at monolaurin in this regard. I bought some Lauricidin. If nothing else, I will see if it makes a difference with a psoriasis patch I have.
yes: this was supposed to be the cause of the high mortality, along with secondary bacterial pneumonia.
The Teaching company has 3 lectures on the Spanish Flu on line at Youtube
also they have put their entire infectious disease lectures there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8RrjbLFUo
It will be an international embarrasment if Italy and Spain solve their corona crises before the US does.
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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 28, 2020
Vitamin C and COVID-19 Coronavirus
by Damien Downing, MBBS, MRSB and Gert Schuitemaker, PhD
(OMNS February 28, 2020) There is only one existing treatment for the new coronavirus: vitamin C.
Vitamin C supports your immune system.
Vitamin C helps to kill the virus and reduces the symptoms of infection.
It’s not a COVID “cure,” but nothing is.
It might just save your life, though, and will definitely reduce the severity of the infection.
If someone tells you it’s not proven, consider two things:
Nothing is proven to work against COVID-19, because it is a new virus.
Vitamin C has worked against every single virus including influenzas, pneumonia, and even poliomyelitis.
What to do
If you do nothing else, start taking vitamin C right away; at least 3 grams a day, spread right across the day. That’s a 1,000 milligram capsule every 8 hours, or a level teaspoon of powder dissolved in a pint or so of water, drank all through the day.
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When and if you catch a bug that might be COVID-19, simply increase your vitamin C intake: a rounded teaspoon (that’s 4 to 5 grams) in water (which helps to keep you hydrated) every 3 or 4 hours. And keep on taking it.
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