400M+ people have G6PD deficiency which is a condition that has severely adverse reactions to chloroquine
Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19
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#22400M+ people have G6PD deficiency which is a condition that has severely adverse reactions to chloroquine
Whoa didn't realize it was that prevalent. I looked into it for vitamin c infusions (long story), seemed to be an easy test to find. Something they could look at while looking for covid if there is an intent to treat it?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Yes my daughter got it on a trip to Tanzania last year.
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#26Then 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?
This class of drug is a prophylactic for malaria. It, or one of its equivalents, is commonly given to you if you tell your doctor that you are traveling to a part of the world where malaria is currently endemic. It isn't the kind of drug where they worry much about abuse or misuse, as it is cheap and ubiquitous in the developing world.
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#27It should go without saying that we can cheerlead for the emergence of effective treatments, but actual treatment decisions should be made by a doctor.
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#28Then 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…
So, I'm no medical professional, just an avid reader of such news. But I believe that most of this post is incorrect.
I've seen no studies backing up the use of zinc for anything related to COVID-19. A search of pubmed for the terms 'covid zinc' or 'coronavirus zinc' show no papers referencing treatments. Same goes for medrxiv.
There are a lot of cold "treatments" involving the use of zinc in the way you suggest. I have even seen studies which support its use as a prophylactic to the common cold (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273967/) though that one makes no reference to a common side effect, particularly the way you recommend its use, which is loss of sense of smell.
Further, I haven't read anywhere about the mechanism of infection you propose for this disease. It is said to attack the lungs, liver and small intestine due to its furin cleavage site (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.10.942185v1).
Finally, I am nearly certain you are spreading bad information about how this treatment works. Chloroquine is provided after active symptoms present. The first few days of infection are asymptomatic for most patients, certainly the first 4-7 days, if not longer. There is no medical call for treatment until a patient presents symptoms, and your advice risks leading people to attempt to hoard this medication.
We agree that chloroquine is indeed cheap.
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#30I just recently watched an interesting video about COVID-19, Zinc and Clororquine. It explains some of the fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M
Medcram (which is the video linked) has had some great coverage of COV19. Numbers, trends, and conclusions all backed by the original published papers. Awesome.