Willy Wonka said:
Have a friend that just got diagnosed. He said that Sunday-Tuesday were pretty rough but feels like he’s on the back side of it.
He talked to a CDC doctor that prescribed a steroid, Celebrex, and Ivermectin. That sound right?
Someone came out yesterday and gave his whole family an IV:
Fluids
Vitamin C
Tiraspol
Glutathione
Zinc
Magnesium
B12 Mentholated
B Complex
He got sick while at a remote lake house in Louisiana and his doctor was concerned that he was still there. He went to a clinic in Louisiana. He did a video call over a few days with family doctor. The doctor called the clinic and the clinic said that he had the worst symptoms they had seen. He finally convinced them to come home.
Dr was concerned what kind of shape my friend would be in when he finally got home so He got with the CDC to discuss his treatment to keep him out of the hospital and then the treatment for when he got home.
Dr Louis P Coates
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Coronavirus Update 5/8/2020 - BTHO COVID-19
So today at the time of this writing there are 28,228 new cases today with 2,129 deaths. Cases are relatively steady today but maybe trending down. But deaths are bouncing around every few days. Today the mortality rate is up from 9.93 to 7.54%. We also have 16,995 in critical condition still high so the fatality numbers will likely stay high a while longer. So the overall mortality rate rose a little to 5.95%.
We also have now had 217,250 people recovered from this virus and should now be considered immune from this horrific disease.
Locally, in Texas we are still plateaued and we are waiting for the downside of the curve. We had 1,155 new cases and 26 new deaths with a steady mortality rate of 2.7%.
Because antibody testing is being added to the numbers we are monitoring active cases. So we have 20,186 up from 19,426 active cases in Texas. The number of active cases was relatively flat for a while but now slowly climbing each day over the past week. In addition we have 18,707 recovered now. Yes we are trending up but not at any accelerated rate at this time. We are still many times under both the number of hospital beds and ICU beds needed.
Today in Dallas county 251 new cases and 2 new deaths. Harris county with 133 new cases and 2 new deaths. Collin county with 11 new cases and 0 new deaths. Denton county with 14 new cases and no new deaths. Tarrant county with 143 new cases and 2 new deaths. Brazos county with 13 new cases and one new death. Travis county with 56 new cases and 0 new deaths. Fort Bend county with 42 new cases and 2 new deaths. Also Bexar county with 84 new cases and 5 new deaths.
For the newbies we are predicting an overall fatality rate somewhere in the 0.3 to 0.7 range when we finally correct the denominator. The real question is just how much of the population is already infected 2%, 5%, 10% etc.
Ivermectin
A recent study using Ivermectin 150 mcg/kg given in a single dose was used for treatment in hospitalized patients. There were 704 in the treatment group and 704 in the placebo group across 169 hospitals. This showed that use of Ivermectin resulted in shorter days and decreased overall mortality. More studies are needed but this along with the study showing it inhibiting viral replication in the lab is very promising. Hopefully we can get some outpatient studies as well as this and hydroxychloroquine look like promising outpatient treatments.
To mask or not to mask that is the question?
Lots of questions regarding the use of masks. We have addressed this before but CDC keeps making this more confusing for the general public. So let’s start with regular surgical or homemade masks. Do they protect you if you are wearing one? No they do not but they do protect others.
Someone recently asked me but doctors wear them in surgery? Yes to protect the patient from an infection not to protect us. So why are they requiring them? Because there are potentially a lot of asymptomatic carriers and this will help decrease the spread and lower the R nought.
So how do I protect myself? Well if you are worried about yourself you have to wear an N95 mask. The viral particles are 1.6 microns in size and in tests N95 can filter particles as small as 0.007 microns – 10 times smaller than viruses, and much, much smaller than the PM2.5 cutoff. What’s more, they work surprisingly well, even while people are wearing them.
The problem with N95 masks is they are hard to come by. In addition they are very tight on the face and not comfortable at all to wear, Also if you have moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease you should use the mask with care as it can cause you to retain CO2 and decrease oxygen levels.
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/do-pollution-masks-work/
http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/…/2020/01/07/respcare.06713…;
Here is a repost of the supplements we have discussed.
Quercetin from 250mg up to 1g twice per day Remember this is a Zinc ionophore.
Vitamin D3 Take this for sure if you are deficient and I now recommend taking it as long as your values are not too high.
Sleep greater than 8 hours per night
CoQ10 100-300mg per day: a potent antioxidant that potentially helps balance oxidative stress, increase vasodilation, prevent clot formation and decrease vasoconstriction.
Zinc any amount is probably good but take what you can tolerate without making you feel bad up to 40mg. You do not want to be Zinc deficient as it is how many drugs like HCQ work.
Melatonin 1mg to 10mg at night. Take what you can tolerate and what helps you sleep without making you feel drugged or tired in the morning.
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) - 600mg twice per day shown to decrease severity of influenza, improve lung functions, antioxidant properties and help with mental disorders.
Vitamin C 250mg to 500mg twice per day. Effects debatable in oral form but IV did help in China. But is proven to strengthen immune system
Green Tea either drink some or 1 pill per day alternate zinc ionophore
As always the information and understanding of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. This information is for education purposes only and you should never make changes to your health without consulting your personal physician. Make a virtual appointment with your physician and discuss your health and the best possible treatment plan for you. It is also important to reiterate that there are no clinically evidence-based integrative prevention or treatment strategies for COVID-19 infection.
Let’s all keep praying for all that are ill with this virus in the world.
Gig’em!
CELEBREX is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).