Posted on 10/02/2020 6:20:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump remains “fatigued” after contracting COVID-19 and has been injected with an experimental antibody cocktail for the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and spread to the highest reaches of the U.S. government.
Trump’s physician, Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, revealed on Friday the commander-in-chief received a dose of an experimental antibody cocktail by Regeneron that is in clinical trials.
“He completed the infusion without incident,” Dr. Conley said in the statement.
Dr. Conley said Trump “remains fatigued but in good spirits” and that a team of experts was evaluating both the president and first lady in regard to next steps.
Trump is also taking zinc, Vitamin D, melatonin and other medications.
The first lady, who is 50, has a “mild cough and headache,” Conley reported, and the remainder of the first family, including the Trumps’ son Barron, who lives at the White House, tested negative.
In a statement late Friday, Regeneron confirmed Trump was provided the REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail as part of a “compassionate use request,” which is when the Food and Drug Administration allows for unapproved treatments to be made available to treat ill patients when no other treatment is available.
The company’s compassionate use program defines it as being intended for patients with serious or life-threatening conditions who do not have any viable or available treatment options, and are unable to participate in ongoing clinical trials.”
What is Regeneron polyclonal antibody cocktail?
Trump is receiving a two-antibody combo drug that’s currently in late-stage studies from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. The company previously developed a successful treatment for Ebola using a similar approach.
It’s given as a one-time treatment through an IV.
Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said the drug was being given “as a precautionary measure,” and that Trump also was taking zinc, vitamin D, an antacid called famotidine, melatonin and aspirin. None of those have been proven to be effective against COVID-19.
Trump apparently is not receiving hydroxychloroquine, a drug he widely promoted that has been shown in many studies to be ineffective for preventing or treating COVID-19.
Released earlier this week, the first data from a trial using Regeneron’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail is encouraging. The top dose of the treatment relieved symptoms more quickly than the placebo for patients not sick enough to be hospitalized.
The initial phase included 275 patients in the phased study. The most significant improvements were seen in patients who had not already mounted a natural response, the company said.
Jeanne Marrazzo, the director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told CNN the results appear “very promising.”
The company said the treatment is intended as a therapeutic substitute for a natural response to the virus. According to a news release, Regeneron said it is hoping to confirm their initial findings in a second group of patients.
“What I think is fascinating is that it shows that antibodies really matter and the antibody to the spike protein was really helpful, particularly when people made the antibodies themselves,” said Marrazzo. “Whether it’s antibody therapy or vaccine that target these proteins, it sounds like we are on the right track. I think that’s really encouraging.”
Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help it be eliminated. The blood of survivors is being tested as a treatment for COVID-19 patients because it contains such antibodies, but the strength and types of antibodies varies depending on each donor, and doing this on a large scale is impractical.
The drugs that Regeneron and other companies are testing are concentrated versions of specific antibodies that worked best against the coronavirus in lab and animal tests, and can be made in large, standardized doses.
They are being tested to treat newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients in hope of preventing serious disease or death, and to try to prevent infection in people at high risk of that such as nursing home residents and health workers.
Dr. Sean Conley - Shaken, not stirred
Its synthetic antibody that should neutralize the virus.
The president surely requested the treatment most likely to get him back to full-time duties and to campaigning the fastest.
Repeating the lies about vitamin D and zinc being ineffective again, I see.
CC
haha
Hopefully, President Trump’s doctors are reading threads here for the best medical advice for the President. /sarcasm.
I hope his doctors are either very smart or very lucky.
No kidding — everyone here is a freaking expert. Its like a bunch of four year olds. But what about zinc. We need zinc. Definitely zinc. and Ionophores. Never mind the fact that he is at a world class institute with physicians who do not want to be the ones that off a president if nothing else.
The armchair idiocy herein is breathtakingly impressive.
I noticed that, too!
Here’s Dr. John Campbell’s report on a study showing almost astonishing effeciveness for Vitamin D (in its calcifidiol form):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ks9fUh2k8
correction: calcifediol
Trump apparently is not receiving hydroxychloroquine, a drug he widely promoted that has been shown in many studies to be ineffective for preventing or treating COVID-19.
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That ‘experts’ told him.
Love it!
Thank you! There are those among us who feel that they know it all after mulling over months of “World-o-Meter” graphs and naturopathic “studies” recommending high dosage vitamin C etc... I had the misfortune to speak with my neighbor the other day who insisted that we were currently losing 700 people a day in our state alone from Coronavirus. The actual number is 2 or 3 and often 0 with coronavirus and not from coronavirus.
Personally, I was fearful that President Trump would be pushing his doctors toward some of the “fad” treatments popular on conservative websites. I am glad that he appears to be following the advice and treatment of the top doctors in our country.
The only thing worse that I have read here on the subject of health are those pushing various high protein fad diets. We have people in their 80s here who are cutting out entire food groups, thinking that they can subsist on bacon, sausage, hamburger, protein bars and various high dosage dietary supplements. I always wonder if what we really have are trolls from DU intentionally trying to kill people by recommending ridiculous diets.
If you get sick take the advice of a doctor... and not some poster here who thinks that they know it all.
“Hopefully, President Trump’s doctors are reading threads here for the best medical advice for the President. /sarcasm.”
Listen, if you’re going to encourage the Google Doctors here on FR we’re going to have to ask that your refrain from posting for a while. :)
How about do nothing but treat the symptoms. This sickness usually goes away without screwing around with it.
You have two Drs here that say zinc doesn’t work. One said it has been shown not to work.
Dont care.
Doesnt hurt
I will take it.
With Green Tea or Quercetin.
Do you believe the Dr is indicating he is taking Pepcid for Covid? Or just that he is taking Pepcid for heartburn
“Trump apparently is not receiving hydroxychloroquine, a drug he widely promoted that has been shown in many studies to be ineffective for preventing or treating COVID-19.”
HCQ is not ineffective. Our 35 year old son took it and quit coughing in 24 hours and was well in 3 days.
Amen. some of the medical advice I see here is incredibly bad and it I call it out I get told I know nothing. No skin off my teeth I just hope some poor soul is not foolish enough to try some of the advice I see here
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