Posted on 07/11/2020 11:18:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
So this is PURELY anecdotal — but I have now used remdesivir on multiple patients and I am just not that impressed with it.
This is an anecdote told by a hospital administrator.
No details of anything.
I dont even see in any of the stories whether or not he was intubated.
I dont even see in any of the stories whether or not he was intubated.
no big deal, it is not unusual for two drugs mixed to work differently and the stats cited are not that great-the news that isn’t getting much fanfare is that Remdesivir,also touted by Trump, reduces fatality by 62%! that is huge and yet by reporting it as it may help or possibly does not reduce panic and the dems want panic and a bad economy to win.
Mark my words, if Biden wins, the virus will disappear from the news
What are your feelings on HCQ?
How would they know the combination wasn't effective if doctors hadn't prescribed both?
That's not what they tried in this study.
Not every study addresses every scenario. It was hardly a waste to find out they shouldn't give HCQ to Remdesivir patients.
See post #4 for his/her recommendation.
They’ve made in impossible to get it prescribed.
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I’m rather concerned about that myself. I asked my physician if he would prescribe hydroxychloroquine if I got Covid-10, and he said, in essence, hell no.
The most recent data show it shortens disease length and severity and prevents progression — if administered early enough. But I now agree that it MUST be in combination with Azithromycin and Zinc if TREATING.
I also think it has an excellent role for prophylaxis. I an ideal world, I would take a large population, and administer the prophylaxis dose and see if infection incidence is reduced. I know of several physicians on the front line who are taking it as prophylaxis.
I am seeing much less severity of infection and not a lot of progression to vent support. Even in the surge, there are not a lot of increased cases on ventilators an in the ICU, however the hospital floors are seeing the bulk of admissions and they are discharging from there.
I think we are looking at the classic the more you study something the more you find it, and with the fear monitoring in the media, everyone with the sniffles gets tested...
My best guess? Incidence and penetrance in the population at any given time 6 - 8 % if it is in surge. I think that we are far closer to herd immunity than we thing. The CDC recently published that due to the decreasing amounts of death comparatively to all other conditions, that the epidemic status is about to no longer exist.
I think that anywhere it takes hold it is a very predictable curve. Where I am in a surge state it took hold about 25 - 28 days ago, and we are starting to see deceleration in new cases suggesting we are coming to peak / apex / plateau. I suspect that in the next 10 - 14 days we will see the number steadily falling.
Of course this being such a political WEAPON, the medicine and the actual politics are two entirely different things.
Thank You.
Thx. My doctor said it was all mostly political. It will disappear in February 2021.
The point is you first do studies on regimens that antidotally have worked.
Do a randomized trial for early cases, using the supposed correct dosages of HCQ, azithromycin and zinc.
That's what you do when you want to have the best chance of saving the most lives. You study what is the most probable solution, first.
Do a randomized trial for early cases, using the supposed correct dosages of HCQ, azithromycin and zinc.
Correct?
You study what is the most probable solution, first.
Most probable?
OK, Doc.
Exactly.
Got zinc? Another useless study designed to fail. Quacks. Malpractice.
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