Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) Thread

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Some positive news amidst all the gray clouds

Topline: President Trump said in a Thursday press briefing that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, drugs used to treat malaria and severe arthritis, were approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test as a COVID-19 coronavirus treatment, as the number of cases nationwide continues to increase.
  • The drugs will be used in a clinical trial, according to FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, who spoke during the press briefing.
  • Trump also said that other antiviral medications will be fast-tracked for FDA approval.
Updated: Trump Says FDA Approved Anti-Malaria Drug Chloroquine To Test As Coronavirus Treatment
 
This is very promising and important: A renowned French medical researcher, Dr. Didier Raoult, who has been tasked by the French government to find a treatment for COVID-19, is reporting that when the drug chloroquine/hydroxy chloroquine has been used on people infected with COVID-19, the drug has caused "a rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process." This drug has been used for years to treat malaria. A new study, published on Friday, March 13, by U.S. scientific researchers, also said that chloroquine "appeared to be an effective treatment, and appeared to align with the findings in France." South Korea and China are already using the drug to successfully treat COVID-19 patients.

French lab offers ‘millions of doses’ of Covid-19 drug

Tucker Carlson did a segment about this drug on his TV program tonight, which included an interview with a medical researcher from Stanford University. Here's the interview segment--it's barely 3 minutes long, and well worth the time:

Study: Malaria drug could be used to treat coronavirus
 
Well done France. We need something for those hardest hit. People are going from nasal cannulas to ventilators in 24 hours.
 
This is very promising and important: A renowned French medical researcher, Dr. Didier Raoult, who has been tasked by the French government to find a treatment for COVID-19, is reporting that when the drug chloroquine/hydroxy chloroquine has been used on people infected with COVID-19, the drug has caused "a rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process." This drug has been used for years to treat malaria. A new study, published on Friday, March 13, by U.S. scientific researchers, also said that chloroquine "appeared to be an effective treatment, and appeared to align with the findings in France." South Korea and China are already using the drug to successfully treat COVID-19 patients.

French lab offers ‘millions of doses’ of Covid-19 drug

Tucker Carlson did a segment about this drug on his TV program tonight, which included an interview with a medical researcher from Stanford University. Here's the interview segment--it's barely 3 minutes long, and well worth the time:

Study: Malaria drug could be used to treat coronavirus


What a doctor friend of mine in California has to say about this:

Also, Chloroquine/Aralen looked pretty effective in a small study. This is not terribly surprising since (IIRC) it was effective against SARS.

What is particularly great is that Chloroquine has been around for decades as an anti-malarial drug and is off-patent. This means production might be increased relatively easily and the cost may not be outrageous.

But again, it was a small study and a small study is mostly about determining whether a serious study should be done. But since it worked on SARS I'm betting Chloroquine will prove to be a good drug for the Wuhan Flu!

There are several other drugs being looked at as possibilities.
 
This is very promising and important: A renowned French medical researcher, Dr. Didier Raoult, who has been tasked by the French government to find a treatment for COVID-19, is reporting that when the drug chloroquine/hydroxy chloroquine has been used on people infected with COVID-19, the drug has caused "a rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process." This drug has been used for years to treat malaria. A new study, published on Friday, March 13, by U.S. scientific researchers, also said that chloroquine "appeared to be an effective treatment, and appeared to align with the findings in France." South Korea and China are already using the drug to successfully treat COVID-19 patients.

French lab offers ‘millions of doses’ of Covid-19 drug

Tucker Carlson did a segment about this drug on his TV program tonight, which included an interview with a medical researcher from Stanford University. Here's the interview segment--it's barely 3 minutes long, and well worth the time:

Study: Malaria drug could be used to treat coronavirus
Did you know that you can buy Peruvian Bark, or Cinchona, which can be found in Latino grocery stores? The same stuff has quinine in it. It is like the magic cure-all for many ailments. Like malaria.
 
Seems to be a lot misinformation about this. The results of a preliminary study released today showed no positive results. Not sure why the right wing press is pinning their hopes on this.
 
Well done France. We need something for those hardest hit. People are going from nasal cannulas to ventilators in 24 hours.

By the way, do you know a big part of the reason we have a shortage of ventilators? Because China stopped shipping the circuit boards for them.
I heard that China beat us to the US made ventilators. They (China) have a contract for the manufacturer to produce 100 per week, and no others can have any fulfillment orders taken till July.
 
Some positive news amidst all the gray clouds

Topline: President Trump said in a Thursday press briefing that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, drugs used to treat malaria and severe arthritis, were approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test as a COVID-19 coronavirus treatment, as the number of cases nationwide continues to increase.
  • The drugs will be used in a clinical trial, according to FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, who spoke during the press briefing.
  • Trump also said that other antiviral medications will be fast-tracked for FDA approval.
Updated: Trump Says FDA Approved Anti-Malaria Drug Chloroquine To Test As Coronavirus Treatment
He is banking on it, I'm sure. SOS.
 
Some positive news amidst all the gray clouds

Topline: President Trump said in a Thursday press briefing that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, drugs used to treat malaria and severe arthritis, were approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test as a COVID-19 coronavirus treatment, as the number of cases nationwide continues to increase.
  • The drugs will be used in a clinical trial, according to FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, who spoke during the press briefing.
  • Trump also said that other antiviral medications will be fast-tracked for FDA approval.
Updated: Trump Says FDA Approved Anti-Malaria Drug Chloroquine To Test As Coronavirus Treatment
He is banking on it, I'm sure. SOS.


He is trying to save lives!

Best Prez ever!:2up:
 
The study by U.S. scientific researchers that's mentioned in the article cited in my previous reply about Dr. Raoult's success in using chloroquine to treat the corona virus says, among other things, the following:

Use of chloroquine (tablets) is showing favorable outcomes in humans infected with Coronavirus, including faster time to recovery and shorter hospital stay. Research shows that chloroquine also has strong potential as a prophylactic (preventative) measure against coronavirus in the lab, while we wait for a vaccine to be developed.​
 
And its already found to be safe for humans now all they need to do is check for effectiveness....

In the mean time, physicians can still prescribe the medicine "off label", they don't have to wait for FDA approval.

That could be a problem as far as insurance, theoretically, but I don't think it will be. Its a fairly inexpensive nostrum, and if it can stop the patient from incurring the cost of a bed in ICU, Aetna, Blue Cross et al are going to have little problem with saying "sure"
 

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