I understand the dynamic between zinc and hydroxychloroquine.
What exactly does azithromycin do besides act as an anti-inflammatory?
RE: What exactly does azithromycin do besides act as an anti-inflammatory?
It is used to fight possible infections (e.g. bacterial infections ).
It also has some antiviral effects.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.29.008631v1.full
one paper by the french cited it as having shown invitro anti-covid properties.
as others here have also said, it’s anti-inflamatory properties are important too. cytokine storm is something to be avoided.
some say HCQ acts to help zinc attack the virus (ionophore). i’m not so sanguine on that effect, it was mentioned as a possibility in one zinc anti-viral roundup paper i read (one study supporting that). in any event, free zinc, is a proven anti-viral all on it’s own. it kills this kind of virus if it can be kept free from it’s metalathions. vit-c always good as the great Linus Pauling said. vit-d also good, too, from what i’ve seen here.
in any case the bio-science i’ve read is solid on HCQ. it blocks ACE2 which blocks the virus.
as SeekandFind says - infection
There’s two different kinds of infections, viral and bacterial. Some antibiotics fight off one type better than the other. Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-viral which is different than antibiotic. “Unlike most antibiotics, antiviral drugs do not destroy their target pathogen; instead they inhibit their development.” Zinc allows your cells to better absorb the hydroxychloroquine.
We have that Orthodox Jewish Dr from NY to thank for this awesome treatment.
We have TDS to thank for it’s lack of usage or improper usage, ie, without zinc.
It’s funny; my wife and I are sick right now. Either a nasty cold or mild flu but it’s mainly sinus, lots of sneezing which are not signs of covid. She went to the Dr yesterday and ended up getting prescribed azithromycin. I don’t know what to think about that.