So, the drugs must be given basically as soon as symptoms appear, or they have no effect
Or am I reading that wrong?
RE: So, the drugs must be given basically as soon as symptoms appear, or they have no effect
Every single successful doctor who administers Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin for Covid-19 will tell you that EARLY treatment ( within 6 days of the appearance of symptoms or positive test ) is the key to rapid recovery.
Everyone, from Dr. Zelenko to Dr. Kory will tell you that.
Most of the so-called FAILED studies administer these drugs when the patient is already hospitalized. Yet, they will still work, but the results are MIXED.
It’s like applying cancer drugs or surgery to a cancer patient who is already in stage 4. The chances of recovery decreases substantially compared to doing these in stage 1 or 2.
“So, the drugs must be given basically as soon as symptoms appear, or they have no effect. Or am I reading that wrong?”
I think you have it right. HCQ and Ivermectin interfere with replication of the virus, they don’t attack it outright.
You want to give them early enough so that the virus doesn’t have time to create a huge viral load. If the viral load gets big enough they won’t be effective.
AFAIK HCQ is a zinc ionophore. Zinc does the actual work of interfering with replication, but it can’t cross cell membranes without an ionophore like HCQ or quercetin.
Ivermectin works in another manner, this paper describes how it may operate:
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/