I know there is a lot of disagreement and a lot of people advocating certing treatments. From Quercetin, HCQ, Ivermectin, Vaccines and a lot of very passionate people dispensing opinion posing as fact.
I have posted this (I am not great at posting articles) for two reasons. So all can see what the state of the art is, and understand what treatment options we have. But more importantly to show what treatment really works. In my professional judgment...
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS SICK, OVER 65 OR WITH COMORBIDITIES, GET THEM ASAP TO AN OUTPATIENT INFUSION CENTER...for either Bamlanivimab OR Regeneron cocktail. I have seen this work in a close family member who has the whole shooting match of co-morbidities, was rapidly declining but not yet at severe disease. This member received Bamlanivimab and 36 hours was vastly improving.
THIS IS better than anything that partially helps such as ivermectin (40 - 50% effective at treatment) and HCQ (20 - 25% effective). By the time I see you in a critical care unit with SARS - CoVID - 2, there is little we can offer and death sky rockets.
Further it stands to reasons that between THIS EFFECTIVE treatment for high risk for progression and EFFECTIVE VACCINATION, we can declare this issue OVER and get back to normal rapidly.
I implore everyone who debates CoVID, read this, understand this, it is not from a fringe group or of questionable data. This is the solution on the treatment side, and the vaccinations are the treatment on the prophylaxis side.
Big Ping.
Thanks gas_dr, will save info.
Thank you for sharing your opinion.
Really appreciate you sharing your expertise!
Lots of info out there, most of it is from non experts .
Great to hear from a real doc!
Bump for later. When I am named head of the FDA my first action will be to prohibit unpronounceable medicine names.
Note this is for people with covid symptoms, not a preventative. Must be within 10 days of symptoms appearing. Not critical symptoms.
Monoclonal antibody ping.
Thanks for the post.
Marked for further reading.
Thanks, doc.
My mother-in-law was dx with covid in mid-Dec. Age 74, she had a few days of mild symptoms but nothing major. No tx aside from vitamins and rest. She recently had labs run for sars antibodies, which resulted Tuesday with positive antibodies.
She is being told to still get the vaccine but is terrified as she has heard stories of people who have already had covid having a terrible time with the vax. She lives alone now as my father-in-law passed away 12/28.
What are your thoughts? I suggested she hold off on vaccine for now as she definitely has positive antibodies and could delay a few months.
Would it make sense for her to recheck antibodies in a few months and if still a healthy positive, postpone vax again?
Again, thank you for your insight and willingness to keep going on these threads (some have been doozies!).
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Wonderful news! As I wrote in another thread, the Eli Lily infusion saved the life an elder relative last month. The instant reversal of symptoms must be viewed with the same awe of physicians and nurses watching the effect of penicillin on hospitalized pneumonia patients.
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