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Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19

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Re: Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19

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Post by droithomme »

r6203 wrote: post #8

The publication is from 02/18/20 (as stated in the footer). Why didn’t gain it more traction?

> Why didn’t gain it more traction?

It did. Since then they've done more studies, have started even more studies, and have deployed it en masse as a treatment. It's part of the official treatment recommendations in China, South Korea, Poland, and Italy. It's been described as a "cure" where it was used in Australia after Chinese patients demanded they be treated with it, and Australia is starting a nationwide trial. Pakistan had Bayer start up the closed production line and deliver 300,000 doses.

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Post by WilsonPaige »

ethbro wrote: post #6
WilsonPaige wrote: post #2

Then we have a treatment (i.e., zinc gluconate + chloroquine): A zinc tablet (10-80 mg) dissolved slowly in the mouth, lavaging the throat and nose, while lying down will cease coronaviral replication on most of the surfaces of the upper respiratory system. Zinc sprays also work. This must be done within the first 3-4 days of infection with covid-19. The covid-19 virus' usual course is to first infect the eye, nose a…

> allowing time to clear the virus from the body without raising an excessive immune response ("cytokine storm") Citation requested, that cytokine storms are a common pathology associated with Covid-19. Because (a) I haven't seen that in the literature, & (b) it's at odds with the published age-banded mortality rates.

Heard of Google, bro? It's settled fact that the covid-19 pneumonia is a result of a "cytochine storm". Always like to lead off with a lancet article, to lance the boil:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-020-05991-x

https://www.cusabio.com/COVID-19-Cytokine-Storm

https://lab-a-porter.com/2020/02/wuhan-coronavirus-and-cytok...

The age-banded mortality rates aren't all they're bandied up to be, eh? Heh, heh!

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Post by petecox »

solotronics wrote: post #3
WilsonPaige wrote: post #2

Then we have a treatment (i.e., zinc gluconate + chloroquine): A zinc tablet (10-80 mg) dissolved slowly in the mouth, lavaging the throat and nose, while lying down will cease coronaviral replication on most of the surfaces of the upper respiratory system. Zinc sprays also work. This must be done within the first 3-4 days of infection with covid-19. The covid-19 virus' usual course is to first infect the eye, nose a…

where do I get chloroquine? is this something I can ask my general practitioner for?

It's commonly used for malaria. A related '-quine' is the active ingredient of Gin and Tonic.

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Post by nl »

WilsonPaige wrote: post #12
ethbro wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> allowing time to clear the virus from the body without raising an excessive immune response ("cytokine storm") Citation requested, that cytokine storms are a common pathology associated with Covid-19. Because (a) I haven't seen that in the literature, & (b) it's at odds with the published age-banded mortality rates.

Heard of Google, bro? It's settled fact that the covid-19 pneumonia is a result of a "cytochine storm". Always like to lead off with a lancet article, to lance the boil: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-020-05991-x https://www.cusabio.com/COVID-19-Cytokine-Storm https://lab-a-porter.com/2020/02/wuhan-coronavirus-and-cytok... The age-bande…

It's settled fact that the covid-19 pneumonia is a result of a "cytochine storm".

This just isn't true. It maybe true for a subset of patients in some circumstances. To quote your first link:

Accumulating evidence suggests that a subgroup of patients with severe COVID-19 might have a cytokine storm syndrome.

Re: Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19

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Post by cbhl »

inferiorhuman wrote: post #10
toomanybeersies wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GPs won't prescribe on the basis that you might get sick and require a particular medication. You can't walk into your GP's office and ask for antibiotics, for instance.

That's pretty much the exact set of circumstances that chloroquine is usually prescribed under.

Under normal times, if you tell your doctor that you're planning on traveling, sometimes they'll ask if you want anti-malaria medication, and I believe chloroquine is one of the options they give you.

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Post by Udik »

petecox wrote: post #15
solotronics wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

where do I get chloroquine? is this something I can ask my general practitioner for?

It's commonly used for malaria. A related '-quine' is the active ingredient of Gin and Tonic.

The active ingredient of gin & tonic is definitely alcohol :)
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