Posted on 09/01/2021 8:20:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Huntsville Memorial Hospital is the latest to start offering COVID-19 monoclonal antibody infusion treatments. As the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to rise across the state, more treatments and resources are becoming available for those who contract the virus.
Dr. Sujesh Pillai is the chief of staff for Huntsville Memorial. He says they’ve administered a little over 50 infusions in the last two weeks, and only one person had to be admitted to the hospital.
“When you get the infusion treatment, it’s a one-hour IV infusion that we do in the hospital. You’re not admitted. You go home right after it’s done,” said Pillai. “It’s very well tolerated. It has been shown to have about 70 to 80% chance of preventing you from developing severe COVID or ending up coming to the hospital at all and helping you get a full recovery.”
Dr. Pillai says the goal of the treatment is to keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital.
“The key to this antibody infusion is that you do it early in the treatment. The sooner you do it, the more effective it is because it binds to that coronavirus and prevents it from entering the cells of your body,” said Dr. Pillai. “It does not prevent you from getting it necessarily. The antibody infusion is another treatment form for those patients who say declined the vaccine. Say they’re vaccinated, but they got COVID, but they still have risk factors like they’re over the age of 65, they have diabetes or high blood pressure, or heart problems that would put them at risk of getting severe COVID. So it’s another treatment form that we highly recommend.”
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Antibody treatment is free for those who meet the qualifications. You may be eligible for treatment if you have tested positive for COVID-19, are 12 years of age or older (and at least 88 pounds), and are at a greater risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms. Greater risk symptoms include having a body mass index (BMI) ≥35, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, immunosuppressive disease, currently receiving immunosuppressive treatment.
For a complete list of qualifications, contact your physician.
Click here to find the closest antibody infusion center near you.
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Posted by Huntsville Memorial Hospital on Thursday, August 19, 2021
No this is standard of care. It’s amazingly effective.
It can also be given in 4 subcutaneous shots and pharmacies and clinics can start giving it.
I can’t say it enough. You get covid and meet criteria get this ASAP
I wish all states were like Florida and Texas, on the other thread you stated Georgia is tough, but that has not been my experience — is that only the infusion center near you? Just curious — I want to make sure I give absolutely accurate information.
But thanks for your diligence!
They make it sound like this is new. Trump got this in Oct. ‘20.
“No this is standard of care. It’s amazingly effective.”
That’s the problem. No money in that.
I’ve been reading too much news lately, and am a bit bitter.
Time for a little break.
Take care.
I have researched the criteria of every facility within a 2 hour drive. Confirmed by my doc.
DH and I would not qualify for even those with lighter requirements in south GA, our BMI is too low.
I’m retired, fat and can pay in cash...I should be a shoe-in.
I’m thinking maybe I should try and pack on some pounds and take up smoking 😂
Your BMI might be too low, but more and more that’s not true for a lot of people these days, including kids.
Thanks To Lockdowns, Nearly Half Of American Children Are Now Overweight
Put lead-shot in your pockets and bra maybe...lol
“That’s odd, you don’t look that heavy, oh well..”
Yeah, it’s a serious problem in the US and definitely a risk factor. I was nearly 80 lbs overweight at one point, my hubby was 60, and my son was 20. I lost weight due to a medical issue, but hubby and my son lost it through Keto. My son battles to keep weight on now - but he still does keto intermittently because it helps his epilepsy.
Lol, I could get a fake DL - I could pass for 65... maybe...
Imagine if instead of trying to make everyone a hypochondriac over Covid, we instead made people a hypochondriac over how many potato chips they ate or how much they sat around.
Any woman presenting a fake ID that said she was over 65 would be believed..lol
It’s just sooo out of character for a gal to lie about her age and claim to be older.
Of course they might say, “You could easily pass for 60”
In that case you might need an antidepressant...lol
That has always bothered me... if the CDC had put half the effort into educating people over the dangers of obesity, diabetes, and low Vit D3 as they did the rest of their fear mongering, we would be seeing much better outcomes. The ongoing lockdowns were terrible. I get the early ones when no one knew what was happening, but it’s madness at this point. We were lucky, my state only shut down for a few weeks. Even then people around here still pretty much went about their business as usual.
Infusion center locator.
To find a Center for Monoclonal infusion therapy.
https://covid.infusioncenter.org
😂😂😂
This reminds me of something funny I heard a few years ago.
This older lady, a comedian said re Bruce Jenner’s transition.
“I know he’s crazy, who the hell wants to turn into a 65yr old woman??”
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