Posted on 04/12/2020 7:06:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hydroxychloroquine Not To Be Used As COVID-19 Cure: Top Medical Body India has so far 7,529 positive cases of COVID-19. (Representational)
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said that hydroxychloroquine or HCQ should be used as prophylaxis to prevent the coronavirus and not as a treatment for COVID-19. "Two trials were conducted aborad. The trails were not good enough. So, we thought if it needs to used in our country, it should be used as prophylaxis, and not as a treatment," Raman R Ganagakhedkar, Head Scientist, ICMR, told ANI.
"We have decided that if it reduces the chances of COVID-19 among doctors and their contacts, then we will advise it to others. The results of the effect of HCQ in them is yet to come," he added.
He, however, cautioned that HCQ has side effects as well.
"We have never recommended it to the general public. Doctors are advised to prescribe to patients judiciously. People need not be worried nor they need to start using HCQ. Like other medicines, this has side effects too. If we get the desired or futile results, we will inform the public," said Mr Ganagakhedkar.
He further said that it is very hard to say whether or not COVID-19 patient, who has recovered is likely to be COVID-19 positive again or not.
"It is very hard to say something about this. We have initiated a study for this. It will take time. We will tell everything based on evidence," he added.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday had said that the government has more than enough stock of HCQ for meeting the current requirement.
India has temporarily licensed the export of paracetamol and anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in appropriate quantities to some countries, which have been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
India has so far 7,529 positive cases of COVID-19 and 242 deaths caused by the virus.
IIRC, chloroquine was given once weekly in Vietnam to prevent malaria. It has a pretty long biological half-life. But that was to prevent malaria, not a coronavirus.
I think it's available over the counter in India (and many other countries).
So in India they say it is a preventative...great and in France and here as well as other places it has been used as a cure.
So then it seems we have the best of both worlds here. Let’s get started on the program.
I guess the pearl clutcher’s are saddened.
...and your liver turns to a mushy/rock.
Lupus patients are on very long-term HCQ therapy. I remember reading a tweet from a doctor (rheumatologist) saying he wasn’t worried about the HCQ shortage (at that time) because the effects of the HCQ would stay 1-2 months in the lupus patients.
We used to be able to buy it OTC for leg cramps.
RE: ...and your liver turns to a mushy/rock.
Question: Are the livers of Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis patients all over the world who have been using this for decades, turning to mushy/rock?
If it really came from bats or wolf pups, people have been in contact with and studied both species for years.
We should be getting far closer to a cure or at least a vaccine. But we keep coming back to hyrdroxychloroquine.
I’m drinking tonic water too. A glass or two of it each day, along with 25 mg of Zinc in my vitamins, will give me the weekly prophylaxis dose I keep hearing about.
Actually native East Indians and Africans don’t take quinine, only foreign residents and tourists do. I think there are blood adaptations that help prevent malaria. I do know of native Africans and Indians who have suffered malaria anyway, which is why the NGO’s and government push for mosquito screens for beds, draining stagnant water etc.
Yes (more or less). Ideally, just as with malaria, where you would take a course of treatment for a week or so, then you have protection for a month-or so. Worse case scenario, you take it daily.
Once per week.
Not daily.
Once per week.
IIRC, the current projected regimen is 12-14 pills for 30-40 days protection.
I’d love a source on that: your claim is way, way higher than anything I’ve seen on it.
Um, no. Azithromycin has antiviral properties. Google it.
RE; IIRC, the current projected regimen is 12-14 pills for 30-40 days protection.
So, the cycle has to be repeated every 30 to 40 days for every person on earth?
BTW, you mentioned 12-14 pills. Is that daily for 30 to 40 days?
No, you take those pills (I think two per day) until they’re gone, then you can stop for the remainder of the time.
RE: No, you take those pills (I think two per day) until they’re gone
Until what is gone? Until you exhaust the bottle?
so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?
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You start with a load dosage, which is the amount used to treat an infection and then tapper to a maintenance dose, which is much lower, like one pill a week. Not a big deal in my opinion.
It appears as though doctors are failing everywhere worldwide okay I have zero respect for them, power-hungry assholes all of them.
Total confirmed cases worldwide 1,800,000
Total deaths thus far 111,000
According to your 20% there will be another 250,000 deaths?
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