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New York clinical trial testing heartburn medication as coronavirus treatment
NY Post ^ | 4/26/20 | By Carl Campanile and Tamar Lapin,

Posted on 04/26/2020 8:30:30 PM PDT by CaptainK

A clinical trial is underway at major New York hospitals to test the efficacy of heartburn medication, in combination with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, on coronavirus patients, The Post has learned.

More than 150 people so far are taking part in the study, which began earlier this month and is being conducted by the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the research arm of Northwell Health, according to a spokesman for the hospital system.

Researchers are trying to find out whether famotidine — the active compound in the over-the-counter heartburn drug Pepcid — acts as an inhibitor of COVID-19, similar to the way certain drugs block the replication of HIV/AIDS.

Patients in the study are being given the heartburn drug intravenously along with hydroxychloroquine at Northwell’s North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital, said David Battinelli, vice president and chief medical officer of Northwell.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; braking; hcq; hcqtrial; newyork; newyorkcity; pepcid
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To: Revel

been taking the equivalent of it for over a decade now- no issues-


21 posted on 04/26/2020 9:06:34 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message4250838/pg1

If this works
From Jan


22 posted on 04/26/2020 9:06:34 PM PDT by silverleaf (President Trump: Do not trust China. China is asshoe!)
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To: Revel

Why would they lie?


23 posted on 04/26/2020 9:06:44 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Owen

Yes, we should know in a year or 2


24 posted on 04/26/2020 9:07:34 PM PDT by silverleaf (President Trump: Do not trust China. China is asshoe!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

have you tried prilosec? works pretty well-


25 posted on 04/26/2020 9:07:44 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: StolarStorm

Read this for concealed side effects:

https://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19462&name=PEPCID


26 posted on 04/26/2020 9:08:31 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Bob434

Wow and could still blow it. Nature is amazing. :)


27 posted on 04/26/2020 9:08:48 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: deweyfrank

“ people” have known since January
Look at supplies and prices


28 posted on 04/26/2020 9:09:21 PM PDT by silverleaf (President Trump: Do not trust China. China is asshoe!)
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To: silverleaf

And suppose the trial says fail.


29 posted on 04/26/2020 9:10:33 PM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen

A year from now...you may not care
You will have been cured and survived, or not


30 posted on 04/26/2020 9:12:26 PM PDT by silverleaf (President Trump: Do not trust China. China is asshoe!)
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To: CaptainK

Sounds like they’re “trying” everything.

When they determine that white burgundy’s may work, I’d like to sign up for trials.


31 posted on 04/26/2020 9:15:33 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: silverleaf
Were you trying to show me a specific post? It's asking me to join something - a private club. 😊
32 posted on 04/26/2020 9:18:03 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: CaptainK

"This miracle cure-all does it all. Clears up diarrhea, dry cough, runny nose, fever, loose bowels, loss of smell and taste, aches, pains, runny nose, and congestion otherwise known as Corona Virus. It even doubles as a paint thinner!"

33 posted on 04/26/2020 9:18:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Revel

Dang! Glad I’m one of those that don’t have those side effects.


34 posted on 04/26/2020 9:19:15 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: silverleaf

Yep, 8X price increase in my area. Glad I had 6 months on hand.


35 posted on 04/26/2020 9:20:18 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: CaptainK

Damn, I’m heading to Costco this week to load up on Pepcid before it all disappears!


36 posted on 04/26/2020 9:23:18 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS A PRETEXT)
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To: Owen

Northwell Health is the biggest health system on Long Island. Many of the top LI hospitals belong to it.


37 posted on 04/26/2020 9:29:48 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: CaptainK
Pepcid?

Probably made in China...

38 posted on 04/26/2020 9:34:20 PM PDT by GOPJ (Was misery & death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
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To: Revel

I have ungodly heartburn, and there are a couple of tricks that I learned from ER and GI docs:

1.) Calcium treats heartburn quickly. If you need immediate relief, you can buy some time to get meds by drinking vitamin D milk. Sometimes this is enough for me, sometimes it isn’t.
2.) Antihistamines, for some reason, stop acid production in the stomach. GI doc didn’t know why, but it does. It’ll make you groggy, but Benadryl works for me. Promethazine was initially marketed as an antihistamine, so I now know why it was given to me for nausea and vomiting, and it’s what I take when the burn is unbearable. When my heart burn goes on for too long, I start to vomit up the acid.

Famotidine, however, isn’t totally safe. In doses on the high end of, “normal”, it can worsen renal issues over time, especially of taken daily.


39 posted on 04/26/2020 9:35:44 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

Thanks for the info. I have been trying to drink more milk. It seems to help for awhile, but not so much after lying down.


40 posted on 04/26/2020 9:43:46 PM PDT by Revel
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