Old malaria drug hydroxychloroquine may help cure coronavirus: study (drugs, companies, state)
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A drug developed over half a century ago to treat malaria is showing signs that it may also help cure COVID-19 — especially when combined with an antibiotic, a promising new study reveals.
Reportedly China has been using this for months and claims it MAY reduce hospital time and improve outcomes. No one believes much coming out of China.
Elon Musk has been tweeting about it for weeks.
As has become too common, Trump’s communication spin or whatever resulted in yet another miscommunication when he said it had been approved for treatment of Corona. FDA guy had to correct him. It has not been approved for Corona but it can be prescribed. He did not want to create false hope given limited testing.
It is a cheap generic that is commonly prescribed to those intending to travel to countries or regions of countries where Malaria is common.
Reportedly China has been using this for months and claims it MAY reduce hospital time and improve outcomes. No one believes much coming out of China.
Elon Musk has been tweeting about it for weeks.
As has become too common, Trump’s communication spin or whatever resulted in yet another miscommunication when he said it had been approved for treatment of Corona. FDA guy had to correct him. It has not been approved for Corona but it can be prescribed. He did not want to create false hope given limited testing.
It is a cheap generic that is commonly prescribed to those intending to travel to countries or regions of countries where Malaria is common.
+1
I understand it is also being used for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Eases the swelling.
Reportedly China has been using this for months and claims it MAY reduce hospital time and improve outcomes. No one believes much coming out of China.
Elon Musk has been tweeting about it for weeks.
As has become too common, Trump’s communication spin or whatever resulted in yet another miscommunication when he said it had been approved for treatment of Corona. FDA guy had to correct him. It has not been approved for Corona but it can be prescribed. He did not want to create false hope given limited testing.
It is a cheap generic that is commonly prescribed to those intending to travel to countries or regions of countries where Malaria is common.
mom, China has been using it for a few weeks...not months
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has directed Federal Drug Administration commissioner Stephen Hahn to waive “outdated rules and bureaucracies” on the testing of various “anti-viral therapies” to combat coronavirus.
Trump noted that the vaccine pursued by the National Institutes of Health and other medical bodies, “by its nature” requires lengthy testing periods.
“The therapies are something we can move on much faster potentially,” he continued, “treatments that will be able to reduce the severity or duration of the symptoms.”
In particular, the president pointed to a “couple of drugs” the FDA is approving for “immediate use,” including hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that has shown promise in battling coronavirus.
“It’s shown very encouraging early results, and we’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately,” the president stated. “And that’s where the FDA. has been so great.”
Trump added that the FDA “has also confirmed compassionate use for a number of patients.”
The president added that the White House task force and private companies will still “work toward a much needed vaccine in the future.”
Sounds like a cure to me.
Takes a few days to a week to work but the results seem vey promising. And they're still experimenting with the dosage. So the recovery time may speed up.
A very small study from France has shown an astonishing 100% viral eradication rate with the combination of 2 drugs - the anti malarial chloroquine and the antibiotic Zithromax.
Too small, not truly controlled for placebo in the same hospital but in these dark times it may be a game changer in those high risk groups where being on ventilator may mean a 50% mortality.
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