Common Over-The-Counter Drug May Relieve Long COVID Symptoms, Case Report Suggests

https://www.iflscience.com ^ | February 10, 2022 | Rachel Funnell

[nicollo]

I took Benadryl during my Wuhmacron episode (overall mild, just a few days), but a rash persisted. My doc finally prescribed hydroxyzine, which has slowly cleared it up.

He should have had me on hydroxyzine from the gitgo. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7713548/

[cuz1961]

rashes and lesions associated with long COVID
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I’ve been getting these on both fore arms , over a certain blood vessel, since I had Covid in 2019.

Asked my doc about them.
(I Was worried it was skin cancer.)

Was told

” that’s nothing , It’s normal.”

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My last shred of trust in the medical profession just disappeared.

[RummyChick]

is there an OTC version for the kind you are willing to take?

[JCL3]

I read somewhere use both diphenhydramine and lactoferrin together in tandem to battle Covid.
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Used those two with many other alternative methods for my “Christmas with Covid”. I’m 66, coof lasted about 2 weeks from the I-don’t-feel-right stage to FINALLY stage. 2 days were scary with fever, O2 from 98% to 94%, heavy chest feeling, and no smell/taste. Similar findings of useful common items(NAC, melatonin, aspirin, etc) and 2 days later or at the end of the article “WE DON”T SUGGEST COMMON PLEBS TRY THIS AT HOME” and/or FDA/CDC come out screaming against the found item(s) the next day on “media”.

One of many...
https://scitechdaily.com/two-common-over-the-counter-compounds-reduce-covid-19-virus-replication-by-99-in-early-testing/

[Red Badger]

[Flaming Conservative]

Bummer. I can’t take Benadryl. Well, I’ll just depend on the Lord, anyway.

[Flaming Conservative]

Bummer. I can’t take Benadryl. Well, I’ll just depend on the Lord, anyway.

[ChildOfThe60s]

So he had a positive covid test. That is worthless information without more details. Did he have any symptoms? Lot of false positives. If he had symptoms were they severe?

My wife and I have been zombies for a week and a half

In spite of drinking lots and lots of water she became dehydrated via electrolyte shortages and passed out in the hallway. She tried to dent our hardwood floor with her face.
She might very well have died had I not been able to get an ambulance in there quickly. I’ve never seen anything like it, scared the holy crap out of me. I thought she had a stroke.
The doctor told me that despite the voluminous amounts of water she was drinking, without adding serious electrolytes she became severely dehydrated, which is extremely dangerous. So that may be what happened to him.

Interesting side note, my family doctor told me that the one profile that is the most prone to severe dehydration is skinny white women.

[Ellendra]

The fatal stage of covid is the cytokine storm. Antihistamines have been shown to disrupt the feedback-cycle that results in cytokine storm. There are studies on Pubmed showing antihistamines work effectively against a variety of diseases that kill via cytokine storm, even ebola! And several recent* case studies show it being used successfully against covid-19.

* “Recent” being defined as within the last 2 years, since covid hasn’t been around long enough to have had long-term studies done.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I will. Keeping all info from people who have had it and how they coped, etc.

[steve86]

For antihistamines? Sure, cetirizine, fexofenadine, loratadine. Various brand names. Costco has them cheap even for non-members online.

[RummyChick]

what happened to your wife is why many take gatorade while having Covid

[silverleaf]

Take it with milk
Anecdotally, the combo is fast and effective
Sure worked for my daughter’s omicron
Some people buy ferritin for the combo treatment…but hot chocolate worked great for us

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I think I bought a bottle of 400 for about $3.

[Blogatron]

Hey, Pete Butt-gag...

[Magic Fingers]

Take a later antihistamine instead such as cetirizine — a physically larger molecule that doesn’t usually pass the blood-brain barrier — and see if it works for the long-covid mitigation.

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I have no position on the issue, I was quoting two physicians (both of whom I regard as very knowledgeable) who have divergent opinions regarding Benadryl & dementia. I occasionally take it for its somnolent effects (not for long-covid), which later classes of antihistamines unfortunately have not had on me...although I have not tried Zyrtec specifically, so that may be worth a shot.

[The Unknown Republican]

Type I and Type II antihistamines have been on the FLCCC I-Recover protocol for at least 8 months, if not longer.

[steve86]

No, Zyrtec shouldn’t give sleep-promoting effects unless you took a very large dose, in which case it is thought the flood of molecules can overwhelm the barrier and enter the brain circulation.

Melatonin, CBD, l-arginine and l-theanine are my preferred before-bedtime sleep-promoting substances. The middle two, in my experience, actually improve the quality of sleep more so than inducing sleep. YMMV

[Svartalfiar]

HURRY... antihistamine diphenhydramine, sometimes branded as Benadryl or Nytol
We need more sales!!!!!

Benadryl (Wal-dryl, cvs-dryl, targ-dryl, costco-dryl, etc) is a cheap, OTC drug. There's miniscule likelihood that Big Pharma would be pushing this idea.

[Svartalfiar]

In spite of drinking lots and lots of water she became dehydrated via electrolyte shortages and passed out in the hallway. She tried to dent our hardwood floor with her face.

Pedialyte.
Pickle Juice (Vlasic kosher dill is the best, comes in big glass jars too if you can find them)
add a pinch of iodized salt to each glass of water - barely noticeable taste, but helps!
And beer is just good in general, the only thing that keeps my pee a very light yellow!

Gatorade/Powerade really aren't that good, poor electrolyte to volume ratio, as well as high in sugars (which don't really help dehydration).