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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said that Hydroxychloroquine should be used as prophylaxis to prevent Coronavirus and not as a treatment for COVID-19.
NDTV ^ | 04/12/2020

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.


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KEYWORDS: corona; coronavirus; hcq; hydroxychloroquine; india; notmutuallyexclusive; orangecurebad; prophylaxis
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To: tiki
I wish I could remember what I saw about the dosage being cumulative. If that was the case you could take a course and then do a much smaller maimtanance dose.

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).

21 posted on 04/12/2020 7:38:47 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation gets the government it deserves." -Joseph de Maistre)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


22 posted on 04/12/2020 7:40:46 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: SeekAndFind

...and your liver turns to a mushy/rock.


23 posted on 04/12/2020 7:41:59 AM PDT by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: tiki

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.


24 posted on 04/12/2020 7:42:24 AM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Coronavirus begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: Sooth2222

We used to be able to buy it OTC for leg cramps.


25 posted on 04/12/2020 7:42:27 AM PDT by tiki
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To: devane617

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?


26 posted on 04/12/2020 7:44:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: PapaBear3625
This would make a lot of sense particularly if coronavirus was created in a lab. All the anecdotal evidence suggests that hyrdroxychloroquine is effective and that little else is known about the virus origins.

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.

27 posted on 04/12/2020 7:45:33 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: tiki

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.


28 posted on 04/12/2020 7:46:28 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: PapaBear3625

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.


29 posted on 04/12/2020 7:51:12 AM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Coronavirus begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: God luvs America

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.


30 posted on 04/12/2020 7:51:18 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Once per week.

Not daily.

Once per week.


31 posted on 04/12/2020 7:51:32 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: SeekAndFind

IIRC, the current projected regimen is 12-14 pills for 30-40 days protection.


32 posted on 04/12/2020 7:52:34 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: nathanbedford

I’d love a source on that: your claim is way, way higher than anything I’ve seen on it.


33 posted on 04/12/2020 7:53:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Gumdrop
As a prophylactic, there is no need to take a Z-Pack with the HCQ as its purpose is to prevent an subsequent opportunistic bacteria causing pneumonia in a recovering Covid-19 patient.

Um, no. Azithromycin has antiviral properties. Google it.

34 posted on 04/12/2020 7:53:53 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Spktyr

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?


35 posted on 04/12/2020 8:04:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

No, you take those pills (I think two per day) until they’re gone, then you can stop for the remainder of the time.


36 posted on 04/12/2020 8:09:13 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

RE: No, you take those pills (I think two per day) until they’re gone

Until what is gone? Until you exhaust the bottle?


37 posted on 04/12/2020 8:10:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: God luvs America

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.


38 posted on 04/12/2020 8:12:16 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: SeekAndFind

It appears as though doctors are failing everywhere worldwide okay I have zero respect for them, power-hungry assholes all of them.


39 posted on 04/12/2020 8:13:48 AM PDT by GulfMan
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To: nathanbedford

Total confirmed cases worldwide 1,800,000

Total deaths thus far 111,000

According to your 20% there will be another 250,000 deaths?


40 posted on 04/12/2020 8:13:52 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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