I dont understand why Israel is not using the drug..so far 15 have died in Israel, all elderly, they could have been given the drug too
yeah i know- There shoudl be no, or at least very few deaths since this drug is now available- maybe the ones that did die died from complications due to other conditions perhaps? I’d guess that soem folks that are given the drugs will still die because they are so sick with other conditions
Remdesivir is potentially even better than the HCQ/Zpack combo. It’s produced by the Israeli pharmaceutical Gilead, who produced “tamiflu” during the sars epidemic. However since it’s fairly new, remdesivir is in clinical trial and only a limited amount is available for compassionate use currently.
The elderly patients that died had age and probably health conditions against them. Maybe remdesivir or the HCQ/Zpack combo given early enough, could save many other patients.
https://www.ibtimes.com/coronavirus-treatment-israel-use-unapproved-drug-treat-covid-19-2947804
The Israeli Health Ministry is preparing to use a new medication that is still in the research stage and not yet approved as a treatment on patients afflicted with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The unapproved drug is a mix of lopinavir and ritonavir and is manufactured by American biopharmaceutical firm AbbVie. The combination of the two is approved for the treatment of HIV (AIDS) but it is not yet known if the same ratios of the two drugs will be used for the treatment of COVID-19. The HIV medication is marketed and sold under the brand name Kaletra.
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit approved the use of a generic version of the drug to treat coronavirus patients in Israel. He also suggested that the drug chloroquine, normally used to treat malaria victims, be used alone or as a combination with the other drugs.