I wonder which antivirals will be chosen? Ivermectin?
The UK Government today announced it will set up a panel of civil servants, scientists and pharmaceutical companies to find pills that could treat Covid before it gets severe.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Here are a few quotes out of that article that are of interest, just to show things have changed since this whole saga started:
Most research so far has focused on saving hospital patients and there are currently no at-home therapies for the infection that are routinely used by the NHS. People who aren't severely ill are generally told to rest and take paracetamol or ibuprofen.
Remember when doctors INCLUDING the WHO, recommended no one takes Ibuprofen? Funny that the WHO changes its views to suit the prevailing wind.
Anyone want to guess what my second cousin who tested positive and is at home at the moment is being prescribed?
4 courses so far of antibiotics! - Tell me how that makes sense, plus Cortisone - another standard in SA it seems, plus Paracetamol.
Antibiotics are supposed to only work against bacteria? Or are we to believe that without any proof whatsoever, that
it is okay to prescribe antibiotics to treat Covid 19,
but it is not okay to use a known antiviral medication normally used to treat parasites?
asthma steroid budesonide could cut people's recovery time by three days if they used a £15 inhaler twice a day. Medical chiefs said there wasn't enough evidence to make it the standard care but GPs can take it upon themselves to prescribe it to older patients.
At least the regulator does not try and prevent doctors in the UK from trying and prescribing other medication!
They are committed to finding 'novel antiviral medicines'. 'This means, for example, that if you test positive there might be a tablet you could take at home to stop the virus in its tracks and significantly reduce the chance of infection turning into more severe disease. Or if you're living with someone who has tested positive, there might be a pill you could take for a few days to stop you getting the disease yourself.'
Sir Patrick Vallance, Britain's chief scientific adviser, added: 'Antivirals in tablet form are another key tool for the response.
'They could help protect those not protected by or ineligible for vaccines. They could also be another layer of defence in the face of new variants of concern.
A very good idea and encouraging to see that at least one country is not completely sold on the Vaccine "Silver Bullet" idea. And that is why I am interested in other medications such as IVM -
I cannot get the vaccine as recommended by my doctor! - Severe negative reaction to all vaccines including Penicillin.
Molnupiravir, made by the pharmaceutical firms Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, 'continues to show promise as a potential treatment for non-hospitalised patients,' the companies said after their second phase study. They decided it was not effective for seriously ill people after testing it in hospitals.
A repurposed flu medication.
Ritonavir and lopinavir, drugs developed to treat HIV, are also being trialled on coronavirus patients in the UK. They have been in studies throughout the pandemic and results have been conflicting, but trials are still recruiting
Does anyone know of trials in SA using the above? After all, a lot is said about the prevalence of HIV in SA and how a huge part of the population is at risk of contracting Covid 19 as a result?? The above suggests that there is a chance that they are actually not at much risk because of their HIV treatments?
US company Romark is trying to get US approval for its antiviral drug NT-300, made using a chemical called nitazoxanide, which it said trials showed could cut the risk of severe disease by up to 85 per cent.
Romark is still doing late-scale human trials of the drug and already uses a slightly different version of it treat parasitic illnesses.
Now there is a thing, another anti-parasitic being used for possible treatment of Covid 19?
BUT, but, you can't use an anti-parasitic as an antiviral! Where is the proof that it works???
We know that over 22,000 lives have already been saved in the UK from the use of dexamethasone.
But, but how many have continued to claim that Dexamethasone does NOT work against Covid 19!
'New or repurposed drugs should first be carefully evaluated in small studies which establish safety and look for signs of efficacy. Only those drugs which appear to be safe and efficacious should then be progressed to larger studies looking at clinical endpoints such as hospitalisation or death.
And then out comes the normal conservative crap, "we have to undertake double triple-blind trials before we can make any recommendations and approve of drug X!" Meanwhile thousands die while regulators ad others dither and dather!
Still a good read and interesting article with FACTS not full of hearsay rubbish about real efforts being made. Fascinating to see how studiously though, IVM is not even mentioned hey!
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