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.
INDIA ( as at April 12,2020 )
8,447 CASES
7,409 ACTIVE
765 RECOVERED
273 DEATHS
A stitch in time....
Indians routinely take HCQ, as malaria is common there.
Anecdotal™
Those smart Indians had better be listened to!
After all, our tech businesses love those H1B visa Indian immigrant staffers!
so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?
Let the totalitarian States try to ban the treatment of people with this. The bloodbath against the Democrats in November will be worse than what it will be now.
>>so if you use it as a prophylaxis does this mean you have to take it continuously?
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Great question. I’ve wondered that myself.
Then you hear Docs that say they only use HCQ-Zinc-antibiotic only on their worst covid cases.
The antibiotics being used are azithromycin or doxycycline.
I am not a Doc by any means but I would go strong on the Zinc and not obsess on the antibiotic. Plenty of Bulk Supplements Zinc Citrate at ebay, Amazon and their own Bulk Supplements website.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BulkSupplements-Zinc-Citrate-Powder-/193034445495
I buy their stuff all the time. My latest buy was pea protein isolate via eBay which they sent by priority mail when they didn’t have to. They barely made profit from this kind of shipping but they just want to get things OUT! To their customers.
BUMP
It is not daily. That is the treatment.
For prophelactic use, I believe is is simply once a WEEK.
I believe.
More than 1/4 of those bad enough to get in a hospital were moved to their ICU.
That’s what I’ve been seeing.
Just in case, I started drinking Tonic Water knowing full well it was a very small dose and have done so for 3 weeks.
God-willing, it will never be put to the test.
I believe (sorry if this is wrong, but I believe) the prophelactic use is once / WEEK.
Not once / day.
I believe.
(Not a doctor)
RE: If you can give the public a daily dose of HCQ with a Z-pack, we can open up the country immediately.
Let’s assume that HCQ plus Z-pack INDEED acts as prophylaxis against Covid-19...
I am a numbers guy — how many pills of HCQ and Zinc does a person need daily/weekly to protect against Covid-19?
After we know the answer, Multiply that by 300 million for the USA ( make that 7 billion for the world ) by X number of days a year the dosage needs to be taken and you will see the daunting task of producing these pills.
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.
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.
Dr. Vladimir Zelenk, who has been treating nearly a thousand Covid-19 patients in his community and preventing all of them from hospitalization, is himself, being a high risk person, taking HCQ plus Zinc as a prophylaxis.
He was interviewed by Jerome Corsi and a Dr. Karladine Graves and his protocol. Dr. Zelenko talks about his prophylactic protocol.
I believe for protective purposes, he recommends 200 mg of HCQ twice daily for 5 straight days and then 220 mg once a week from thereon. Zinc, 220 mg daily.
Watch the interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7SDemHGl8U
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