Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19

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Post by g3rald » Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 11:35 PM UTC

Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19
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Re: Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19

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Post by WheelsAtLarge » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 12:08 AM UTC

This is encouraging. Remdesivir is an antiviral. Why is it not given at the first sign of infection? People are dying not necessarily because of the virus but because of the damage it inflicts on a individual's organs. The earlier it's given the better the outcome. I would think.

Re: Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19

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Post by rogerkirkness » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 1:49 AM UTC

WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

This is encouraging. Remdesivir is an antiviral. Why is it not given at the first sign of infection? People are dying not necessarily because of the virus but because of the damage it inflicts on a individual's organs. The earlier it's given the better the outcome. I would think.

Yes. There's five stages of covid19, you would want to get an antiviral sometime in stage 2 or 3, but before stage 4 (pneumonia and other Bad Organ Problems).