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New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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Post by forkexec »

mrcode007 wrote: post #9
hannob wrote: post #3

Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

camostat mesilate

Camostat plus E-64d was proposed in a paper in Cell around March 5 as a potential superior prophylaxis under investigation because it blockades the virus from using either ACE2 or TMPRSS2, completely denying SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells.

It's not a vaccine but it seems possible to prevent infection and possibly halt illness. That is, if it doesn't have any yet unknown, horrible side-effects.

Re: New drug alleviates CoV by 90 percent (German)

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Post by raverbashing »

pjscott wrote: post #14
raverbashing wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I kinda understand wanting to have people not rush to testing the drug, though if both are administered by infusion the risk of self-medication is reduced. Better wait for the article.

I want people to rush to testing all sorts of drugs, this one included. How quickly should testing of a drug expand? That depends on a balance of risks. The faster you go, the more danger there is of the drug having bad side-effects while you're figuring out how safe and effective it is. The slower you go, the more you delay the possible benefits if the drug ends up working. Right now the potential benefits of such a…

Clarification, I don't want them to self-test, and I agree with you.

I think there's too much hate on that Hydroxycloroquine study and its shortcomings, the risks of testing that are small (though not insignificant and especially not for those with light symptoms) compared to the potential benefits.

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Post by stewbrew »

mrcode007 wrote: post #9
hannob wrote: post #3

Based on unpublished data, and the article neither names the drug nor says anything about the kind of study this claim is based on. Not something to get excited about.

camostat mesilate

Where did you get this info? According to https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/salzburger-mediziner-tes... the drugs were Tocilizumab and Remdesivir.
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