Posted on 05/12/2020 6:41:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine has shown mixed results against the coronavirus in early studies, but a new paper out of New York suggests combining it with the dietary supplement zinc sulfate could create a more effective treatment.
The research by the NYU Grossman School of Medicine was posted on a medical preprint site on Monday, meaning it hasn't yet been peer reviewed.
Records of about 900 COVID-19 patients were reviewed in the analysis, with roughly half given zinc sulfate along with hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin.
The other half only received hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.
Those receiving the triple-drug combination had a 1.5 times greater likelihood of recovering enough to be discharged, and were 44 percent less likely to die, compared to the double-drug combination.
It did not, however, change the average time patients spent in hospital (six days), the time they spent on the ventilator (five days), or the total amount of oxygen required.
Senior investigator and infectious disease specialist Joseph Rahimian told AFP it was the first study to compare the two combinations.
But he cautioned that a controlled experiment would be needed to prove the benefits beyond doubt.
"The next logical step would be to do a prospective study to see if this holds up in people that you give zinc to, and then you watch and compare," he said.
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RE: That’s nice, now how about a study the begins the drug cocktail EARLY in the diagnosis?!?!?!?
EARLY !! That was the recommendation of ALL successful doctors who have actually used the HCQ cocktail in REAL CASES ( e.g. Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, Dr. Stephen Smith, etc. ).
Somehow, this important condition seems to have fallen of deaf ears when they do formal patient studies.
Thankfully, no one (statistically) listens/watches CNN
Someone will write a book about this latest example of institutional arrogance about hydroxychloroquine-zinc therapy.
Zinc has been part of the equation since day 1 and there is a valid biochemical reason for its efficacy due to zinc.
The detractors are soon to look like fools; since people died, some should be wearing prison garb.
This will be downplayed because there is another much more expensive drug (read profitable).
Some might suspect “they” don’t want a solution......
Some might suspect “they” don’t want a solution......
Drug effectiveness is always a crap shoot from person to person.
Many people can take Tylonol & get great results.
ME? I get NOTHING-—NADA ZIP.
I can take Tylonol like M & M’s & get no relief at all. Never could
THIS is the story
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/coronavirus-covid-19-drugs/coronavirus-treatment-acceleration-program-ctap
Washington DC doing what it does best...gearing up to put the screws to we the people...good AND hard while we fund another 30 years of “research” now that HIV/AIDS has become to boring
I have added Zinc to my regimen recently. I also added vitamin C. I already take a fair amount of vitamin D3. I take 3 different types of B12 for my diabetic nerve pain/numbness (99% controlled by B12).
I would strongly recommend adding quercetin phytosome to your supplement intake. Quercetin is a zinc ionophore like hydroxychloroquine...and helps zinc penetrate the cellular membrane and enter into the cytosol to prevent the virus from making an RNA dependent RNA polymerase to replicate itself. Zinc virtually stops the virus from hijacking the mechanisms within the cell that control replication.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=U7F1cnWup9M
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