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ICMR Drops Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine Drugs
Big News Network ^ | 24th September 2021

Posted on 09/24/2021 1:52:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway

New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-COVID-19 National Task Force Joint Monitoring Group dropped the usage of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) drugs from revised clinical guidelines for the management of adult COVID-19 patients.

However, the new guidelines mention the use of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab in specific circumstances.

Among the key guidelines which are routinely stressed include--wearing masks, physical distancing and hand hygiene.

Suggesting a moderate use of other drugs like Remedesivir, the guideline advises the former to be used only in select moderate or severe Covid-19 patients on supplemental oxygen within 10 days of onset of symptom.

For the use of Tocilizumab, the guideline said that to use the medicine only for severe Covid-19 patients, preferably within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of severe disease or ICU admission.

It suggested that those with mild infection must maintain physical distancing, indoor mask use, strict hand hygiene.

It further said that symptomatic patients may take antipyretic, antitussive and multivitamins and asked to seek immediate medical attention if they experience difficulty in breathing or high-grade fever or severe cough, particularly if lasting for more than five.

People with moderate disease with SpO2 level 92-96 per cent (88-92 per cent in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) may take Methylprednisolone injection and Anticoagulation medicine.

They should work on breathing, Hemodynamic instability and change in oxygen requirement.

As per the guidelines, for the severe infection, the guideline suggests using NIV (Helmet or face mask interface depending on availability) in patients with increasing oxygen requirement, if work of breathing is low.

"Consider the use of HFNC in patients with increasing oxygen requirement, Intubation should be prioritized in patients with high work of breathing /if NIV is not tolerated and Use conventional ARDSnet protocol for ventilatory management," it said.

The guidelines also said to take Methylprednisolone injection of 1 to 2 mg divide into two doses usually for a duration of 5 to 10 days.

It informed that the severe disease or mortality risk is higher in people above age 60, people with Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, Coronary artery disease (CAD), Diabetes mellitus, Chronic lung/kidney/liver disease, Cerebrovascular disease, Obesity and other immunocompromised states. (ANI)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirustreatment; covidstooges; deepstate; hcq; hydroxychloroquine; icmr; india; ivermectin; methylprednisolone; remdesivir; tocilizumab; vaccinemandates
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To: David Chase; All

I have a question.

Why does Merck recommend against using their own product, Ivermectin, for COVID?

Before somebody says “because it’s gone generic”, lowering Merck’s profit, I would point out they do still produce it in large qty’s, and in their statement advising against use for COVID, they DO indicate Ivermectin for use against parasitic infections in humans.

I suppose bribery could be involved, but, there are a LOT of people involved in putting out these sorts of recommendations. The bribe would be hard to cover up and maintain, and the money involved would be huge (not to mention the potential monster lost sales, even with competition). The size of the bribe itself would make it hard to conceal for long. Exposed, the parties involved would be dead. I don’t mean jailed, I mean dead. Unless they can get Elon Musk to set ‘em up on Mars, real quick-like.

So, no tin foil theories from our usual FR suspects... What gives? Or is Occam’s Razor in effect? (Merck believes what they say.)


61 posted on 09/24/2021 7:56:23 AM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Pollard

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62 posted on 09/24/2021 7:59:49 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a ā€œconspiracy theoryā€ in 2020 is now fact. šŸ™šŸ» Ps 33:12 )
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To: David Chase

This ought to be fun. ;-)


63 posted on 09/24/2021 7:59:53 AM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: mewzilla

Just like here. Refuse you life saving early medication to wait and do nothing so we can get you on Redmesivir and a ventilator for a couple of week before you die. Even with you dead you can still vote democrat and the liberals get to tax your estate after your health insurance pays for you to die.

It’s the most lucrative way to handle this since you aren’t the one making the rules.


64 posted on 09/24/2021 8:24:40 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it !)
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To: Czech_Occidentalist

It’s just the flu. Influenzas are deadly. Always have been.

You can’t change my mind or ridicule/belittle me into believing otherwise.


65 posted on 09/24/2021 8:33:42 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it !)
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To: Paul R.

Well there does lie a bit of problem with those that claim Chinese Money is involved.

The problem is, China and India are bitter enemies and hate each other.

Another problem, India is much more wealthier than China and donā€™t need their bribes or promises.

But hereā€™s something new to chew on.

I noticed many Freepers getting scripts through the internet from India.
Ivermectin in fact.

If Ivermectin was so widely used as in India and some here believe, what is the population of India??
Off hand I donā€™t know but itā€™s close to a Billion people.

Makes me wonder how India has so much Ivermectin to spare that they can sell it Americans and not short their own supply.

Yes, I agree Ivermectin can work with mild symptoms in the beginning in a very short window. But once infection sets in, pneumonia, or sepsis, Ivermectin is useless and to weak to fight the infections.

Itā€™s a tight ropeā€¦ā€¦.take Ivermectin when illness first sets in, but, without proper monitoring today they feel ok, tomorrow theyā€™re having difficulty in breathing.

Each person is effected differently by Covid as we all know.


66 posted on 09/24/2021 8:59:11 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: nickcarraway

Screw ICMR and the Chi-Coms. I’m STILL taking it. And NO, I won’t take the gene therapies.


67 posted on 09/24/2021 9:24:06 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: 21twelve; Pelham; Black Agnes

Free Republic swears by ivermectin

Iā€™m not convinced ....Iā€™ve seen two folks die who went that route

I used HCQ et al per malaria and dengue protocols both prophylaxis and therapeutic when I got it 05/20

I was truly barely sick though worst phlegm of my life for 36 hours

My family all had it from very sick like. Bad flu to mild.

Worst did not take the HCQ ...

Problem is nobody really knows except it seems monoclated antibodies infusion is most effective though even it can fail

I spoke with someone yesterday ...a professional involved in Covid treatment ...an NP in Louisville whoā€™s husband whoā€™d had first Pfizer shot got Covid pneumonia and almost died

She was refused regeneron everywhere till she found someone at Maury regional who would treat him here south of Nashville..a small rural place

Vandy wanted him to wait a week and see

He was struggling to breath with 80% O2 and 104.5 fever

He took infusion in both arms and in hours literally was improving

She was lucky she knew how to hunt down someone who would help and drove four hours to get help

Save her mans life..

He is fifty and runs marathons

I will say this

Folks relying on ivermectin or hydroxchloroquine or quercetin or other meds are taking a serious chance

Folks who claim Covid is hoax are seriously misled at this point

If you start to get worse u have to get the infusions ....a fairly simple cure...I mean by worse anything beyond a cold

Fedzilla and Medzilla And MediaTech have all failed us miserably dealing with this

I have no doubt as this unfolded Trump would have adapted and done so much better

The variant is worse than the original ...itā€™s attacking younger victims and killing more ..

Vaccines donā€™t work and are leaky and can have side effects which Iā€™ve witnessed as well

There is a flimsy case that maybe they lessen severity but Iā€™m skeptical

Iā€™m glad I have immunity but I fear this virus was being designed as a weapon and got loose

I hope the variants weaken like they usually do but thatā€™s not the case so far

I hope natural immunity stays effective

I pray a true vaccine is developed but the left is full of crap in doing anything like that

They wish it to still be here next election so they can mail in again ...

Itā€™s symptomatic of the issues in this nation our inability to deal with this honestly

What a mess

The real info is just impossible to ascertain....itā€™s all suspect and agenda driven from from every angle

We can only go on what we experience and observe ourselves which leaves remote Freepers at more of a loss

The Covid variant has marched across the south especially the Deep South ...anyone says otherwise doesnā€™t live here.....I can promise you and killed some healthy folks while sparing most.....itā€™s just impossible to know why

But there it is no question of this....i canā€™t deny what Iā€™m seeing ....at this point Iā€™d say half the folks I know have had it and many of them had at least one shot andt there are four healthy folks I know whoā€™ve died despite freeper protestations otherwise


68 posted on 09/24/2021 9:33:49 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks .....empathy always in short supply)
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To: wardaddy

Itā€™s stories like yours that teach people more than the crazy internet of who knows what?

I put more creditability in first hand accounts, no matter the subject matter.

Thank you for posting this.

Glad you recovered.


69 posted on 09/24/2021 9:45:15 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: upchuck

Once a day. 12 pills. Based on body weight.


70 posted on 09/24/2021 11:02:53 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: cyclotic

Thank you!


71 posted on 09/24/2021 12:57:10 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-6)
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To: cyclotic

In other words, skated right through the virus.>>>>>>>>>>>

Atta go Cyclotic. We should compile a list of Feepers who used IVM to beard the lion.

And congratulations. You now have true immunity to the bug.


72 posted on 09/24/2021 2:24:31 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Texas Fossil; nickcarraway; tired&retired; null and void; SeekAndFind; All

After checking various sites for Remdesivir prices in India and the US, it appears that Gilead Sciences product will be costing around $250 for a five day course of 100 mg. injections, and in the US at least $2,500 for a similar treatment course. Dr. Zelenko’s original treatment course for zinc, HCQ and Azithromycin was about $20, which I verified at the time by searching the products at Google.

It would appear that US big gov. has successfully pressured India to use Remdesivir. Monoclonal antibodies was not even mentioned in the article. Virus killer Zinc has consistently been omitted from 95% of all clinical studies of HCQ treatment for Covid. This is basically like saying, “here is your troop train, but leave your soldiers and guns at home.”

Whatever happened to the Indian bar association case against an Indian doctor who was working at WHO and tried to stop the use of Ivermectin in Utter Pradash and Goa?


73 posted on 09/24/2021 9:19:00 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: gleeaikin

RE: This is basically like saying, ā€œhere is your troop train, but leave your soldiers and guns at home.ā€

Sounds like Biden’s strategy in Afghanistan to me.


74 posted on 09/24/2021 9:22:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: iontheball; null and void; SeekAndFind; All

When I checked worldometers-Covid-19, about 5 months ago, Sweden was right up there with Great Britian for death’s per million. The figures for Denmark, Norway, and Finland were significantly lower. These 3 countries had apparently been carefully applying masking and social distance, and perhaps also contact tracing which had been effective in Korea. Time to check worldometers again.


75 posted on 09/24/2021 9:28:53 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: mewzilla; All

Utter Pradash India’s largest state had a low death rate and had been using and giving away Ivermectin to the general public.


76 posted on 09/24/2021 9:37:51 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: cyclotic; Candor7; All

Loss of taste and smell is a sign of ZINC deficiency, which occurs when the body uses it up to fight the Covid virus. Dr. Zelenco recommended using 250 mg. zinc for 5 days when ill. I have been taking 50 mg. a day for months now along with Vitamin D, C and some Quercetin for a few days when I have been in a crowded social situation


77 posted on 09/24/2021 9:59:33 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: gleeaikin

Denmark actually did not use masks. All the Scandi countries initially rejected mask use but Finland and Norway changed course and implemented the masks in late 2020 when the worldwide second wave started hitting. Sweden and Denmark stuck to their guns and did not push masking.


78 posted on 09/24/2021 10:16:34 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Paul R.; Candor7; All

You must understand that there are many countries where bribery is a widely accepted way of life, and India is one of those countries. For many in those countries a bribe that would not seem large to us would be a substantial windfall. I doubt that many are killed in such countries because they accept bribes.

I decided to check out the Merck/Ivermectin situation. See link below. There is a link in the article called “clinicaltrials.gov”. It should be checked to see doses the various trials are using. Other studies I looked at were using 2 and 4 units per kilo of body weight. At this posting someone recommended using 6 units. If that was correct information, then the studies I saw earlier were not using enough to be fully effective.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/verify/verify-heres-why-ivermectin-is-not-authorized-to-treat-covid-19-right-now/269-e3bc0e52-d9a8-4393-871b-66bef5ea37ff


79 posted on 09/24/2021 10:24:08 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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bkmk


80 posted on 09/24/2021 10:49:02 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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