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Originally Posted by GoodLife
You are trying to brush back the tide with a very small broom. The use of hydroxychloroquine has skyrocketed worldwide and almost 400% in the USA. Manufacturers can't keep up with demand. If you know of another drug that is being used that much with other drugs to fight covid 19 let us know the results. It's pretty much included in standard of care worldwide. There are over 145 trials at NLM using HCQ plus various other drugs, wonder why?
As far as zinc being used with HCQ and other drugs, here are a few reports. No CTs yet but they are being done.
First, the reason Doctors are trying it is probably based on this invitrio study.
Zn2+ Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity In Vitro and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in Cell Culture
For a less technical explanation a video by Dr Seheult
Coronavirus Epidemic Update 34: US Cases Surge, Chloroquine & Zinc Treatment Combo, Italy Lockdown - YouTube
Dr Zelenko in New York (has treated 900 patients)
New updates from Dr. Vladimir Zelenko: Cocktail of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin are showing phenomenon results with 900 coronavirus patients treated - Must Watch Video | Tech News | Startups News
DR Smith in New York is also reporting good results with HCQ + zithromycin + zinc
Dr. Cardillo with Mend Urgent Care in Sherman Oaks says using hydroxychloroquine with zinc appears to be working in the handful of patients he has prescribed it to.
"It was actually the hydroxychloroquine opening up a channel in the cellular membranes allowing zinc to come into the cells," he said, "And we do know high levels of zinc inside of the cell that's infected with the virus shuts down that viral replication machinery."
He also gave patients azithromycin, an antibiotic most of us know as a Z-pack, to treat possible subsequent bacterial infections.
Dr Sabine Hazan of Progenabiome is doing a clinical trial on HCQ + zinc
A Study of Hydroxychloroquine, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and Zinc for the Prevention of COVID-19 Infection - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
An interesting interview with DR Hazan here
Dr. Sabine Hazan On COVID-19 Clinical Research, with Dan Sfera (The Clinical Trials Guru podcast) - YouTube
PS these are not asymptomatic patients the above Doctors are treating.
PS2 If 99% of people can recover by rearranging their furniture, why are we arguing about drugs? I have some heavy items, come on over and I'll cure you. |
I like to know the educational background of those giving medical advice. Again I ask, please, Goodlife, tell us if you have credentials in medical fields. I also know many, well read people who do not have medical degrees but are measured, and careful in their advice.
I trust the two medical doctors who post on this forum; Blueash and Soaring Eagles and I trust many posters who carefully use disclaimers and qualifiers and choose to quote well documented sources usually held to be reliable by the general public and English teachers.
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Goodlife. Please tell us what you did for gainful employment before you retired?