Posted on 05/02/2020 6:57:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several US Hospitals Using 'Cheap' Hydroxychloroquine in Treatment of Covid-19 Patients: Report News18 News181 May 2020 Several US Hospitals Using 'Cheap' Hydroxychloroquine in Treatment of Covid-19 Patients: Report Several hospitals in the United States continue to use malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients, a media report said.
Medical publication, MDedge on Friday reported that (HCQ), the malaria drug, is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalized with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale New Haven Health System, which operates hospitals across Connecticut.
Hydroxychloroquine is first-line at Yale because in-vitro data shows potent inhibition of the virus and possible clinical benefit, which is about as good as evidence gets at the moment, Indian American cardiologist Nihar Desai told the medical publication.
"It's cheap, it's been used for decades, and people are relatively comfortable with it," he added.
"We are trying to do the best we can. One hopes we never have to go through anything like this (coronavirus pandemic) again," Desai told MDedge.
His home institution, Yale New Haven Hospital, is almost half full with COVID-19 patients, at more than 400, the report said.
On Friday, US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of investigational anti-viral Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID 19 patients.
HCQ was the first drug to receive EAU from FDA for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
US President Donald Trump has been an advocate of use of HCQ, which has reportedly cured patients in New York and several other place.
Reports indicate that the malaria drug has been effective during the initial phases of a person being infected by coronavirus but poses a danger to those having heart ailments.
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They describe Trump as an advocate of the drug. All he did was mention it as a possible treatment, and suddenly it’s anathema. But if it is proven to work, the press will stop saying that he advocated it.
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BKMRK!
It is not just hcq but zinc needed too
My immune booster has zinc in it already. I take it every day way before this virus appeared.
This report is false.
Hydroxychloroquine is snake oil that doesn’t do anything.
It’s also so powerful it has dangerous side effects.
At least that’s what I heard on The View.
You watch “The View”??? You need to see a psychiatrist immediately.
And I suppose Remdesivir is not going to come with a list of side effects a mile long? Sheeeeeyit.
I’m going to ask my doc for a prescription of HCQ to keep on hand. I expect this CCP Virus will come around again once it mutates, so I want to prep for it.
Not wild about the idea of a rushed-into-production vaccine that could potentially do more harm than good, especially if China or the WHO has anything to do with creating it.
Also, going off topic:
HEIL WHITMER!
(pass it on)
Thirdhand, Tacoma General is using HCQ on all CCP Virus patients.
LOL!! Very funny. A (sarc) tag would make it clear to some that you were making fun of the View.
Good. After that NIH study where HCQ was given too late, it was starting to sound like HCQ had fallen out of favor.
Good to hear that it’s still the drug of preference.
But what about zinc?
Story on page 7 in Newsday today will have to be hidden. Columbia U scientists have developed a UV light, called Far UV, that destroys corona viruses, like cold viruses, WITHOUT harming skin or eyes. They are conducting tests on Cobisd as I write. Chief researcher used the phrase “ potential game changer”. Could it be that POTUS Trump knows more of what he speaks.
I have found he always knows more of what he speaks.
Reports indicate that the malaria drug has been effective during the initial phases of a person being infected by coronavirus but poses a danger to those having heart ailments.
And I suppose Remdesivir is not going to come with a list of side effects a mile long? Sheeeeeyit.
Better yet, how much does Remdesivir cost and who are the makers? HCQ has been around a long time meaning that the generic version is on the market and any drug company can make it. Think of the money behind the reason why HCQ gets a bad rap. HCQ+Zinc is a winning combination because it works 100% of the time. HCQ is the unknown wonder drug of the medical world.
Amen. HCQ is the red-headed stepchild.
And too cheap for the pharma to make their fortunes.
Hope it works, But I’ve heard the phrase, “game changer” too often . Besides, it, too, may be anathema because of Trump.
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