Posted on 07/15/2020 8:16:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Could a simple drug, that has been on the market for decades, be used to treat COVID-19? A research team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Professor Yaakov Nahmias says that early research looks promising; their findings appear in this week’s Cell Press’ Sneak Peak.
Over the last three-months, Nahmias and Dr. Benjamin tenOever at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center have focused on the ways in which the SARS-CoV-2 (AKA the coronavirus that’s causing our current pandemic) changes patients’ lungs in order to reproduce itself. Their major finding? This virus prevents the routine burning of carbohydrates. As a result, large amounts of fat accumulate inside lung cells, a condition the virus needs in order to reproduce. This new understanding of SARS CoV-2 may help explain why patients with high blood sugar and cholesterol levels are often at a particularly high risk to develop COVID-19. […]
With this information in hand, Nahmias and tenOever began to screen FDA-approved medications that interfere with the virus’ ability to reproduce. In lab studies, the cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate (Tricor) showed extremely promising results.
By allowing lung cells to burn more fat, fenofibrate breaks the virus’ grip on these cells, and prevents SARS CoV-2’s ability to reproduce. In fact, within only five days of treatment, the virus almost completely disappeared. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
After 5 years of study and gov’t blockage we might find out if it helps. Maybe.
Wow, hope they’re right, been taking it for years !
someone here also posted an article saying that an asthma inhaler drug was just found to be effective against covid
We’ve had HCQ for 70 years and it’s safe. They JUST WON’T use it because of politics - Trump advocated for it therefore it shall not be used! Ridiculous!
Wonder what dosage they used.
Could a simple drug, that has been on the market for decades, be used to treat COVID-19?
NOOOOOO! Its poison like hydroxychloquine and zinc! Thats also been used for decades. All decades old drugs used safely by thousands and thousands of people with no sid effect will kill you!
ypu, thats it, thanks for hunting down, :)
I bookmarked it yesterday.
RE: someone here also posted an article saying that an asthma inhaler drug was just found to be effective against covid.
That would be yours truly.
See here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3865122/posts
Thanks for the link. I missed that one when you posted it.
bump
Dr. Bartlett in Midland TX.
Dr. Bartlett in Midland TX.
Interesting treatment vector. Might have ramifications for cancer drugs as well.
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