Posted on 04/29/2024 8:46:56 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A study suggests that a range of respiratory viral infections—including COVID-19 and influenza—may be preventable or treatable with a generic antibiotic that is delivered to the nasal passageway.
A team successfully tested the effectiveness of neomycin, a common antibiotic, to prevent or treat respiratory viral infections in animal models when given to the animals via the nose. The team then found that the same nasal approach—this time applying the over-the-counter ointment Neosporin—also triggers a swift immune response by interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in the noses of healthy humans.
"This is an exciting finding, that a cheap over-the-counter antibiotic ointment can stimulate the human body to activate an antiviral response," said Iwasaki.
"Our work supports both preventative and therapeutic actions of neomycin against viral diseases in animal models, and shows effective blocking of infection and transmission," said Iwasaki.
Currently, most therapies used to fight respiratory viral infections—including antivirals, monoclonal antibodies, and convalescent plasma therapy—are delivered intravenously or orally. They focus on stopping the progression of existing infections.
A nasal-centered therapy has a much better chance of stopping infections before they can spread to the lower respiratory tract and cause severe diseases, the researchers said.
The researchers found that mice treated intranasally with neomycin showed a robust ISG line of defense against both SARS-CoV-2 and a highly virulent strain of influenza A virus. The researchers also found that an intranasal treatment of neomycin strongly mitigated contact transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters.
In healthy humans, intranasal application of Neosporin (containing neomycin) also initiated a strong expression of ISGs in a subset of volunteers, the researchers said.
"Our findings suggest that we might be able to optimize this cheap and generic antibiotic to prevent viral diseases and their spread," Iwasaki said. "This approach, because it is host-directed, should work no matter what the virus is."
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The CDC and the CDC shills will surely slam this finding as “unscientific and dangerous.”
Ah, helping to increase the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria! Awesome!
Some respiratory viruses do increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. In these cases, it is appropriate to take antibiotics. But I wouldn’t start reaching for the antibiotics for a viral infection based on a single study in mice. Let’s get the robust primate and then human studies done before we start routinely using neomycin for virus infections.
I am fine with using cutting edge, harmless interventions.
You are fine with the deaths for 10 - 20 years, until then.
Why not? The clot shots got pushed without the usual ten years worth of trials.
Dingbat.
From the write up:
“…triggers a swift immune response by interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in the noses of healthy humans.“
It encouraged an immune reaction that then fights viruses, while doing nothing to bacteria.
I'm not going to sit back and do nothing while my pet mouse is dying from pneumonia. I take my owner duties seriously and Ben will get the best care money can buy.
Folks, they checked out the response in humans, too.
Neither of you read the write up.
start with a distilled water/salt wash up the nose
There have been lots of articles since 2020 on the use of nasal sprays to prevent respiratory illness. I’ve used nasal povidone iodine and others such and First Defence and ImmuneMist.
I let my guard down and stopped using the sprays. I got COVID on a cruise summer of 2022 and second time about 5 weeks ago.
It’s too cheap to be approved by these a$$clowns for use, same as with COVID and Ivermectin.
There’s no money in a cheap cure. The big bucks are in bio-engineered mRNA ‘vaccines’ and long term medication cycles.
Follow the money. Always.
And a paper from this year...
Intranasal neomycin evokes broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in the upper respiratory tract
And from a couple of years ago...
Antiviral effects of azithromycin: A narrative review
Hmmmmm....
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So - because some folks are too stupid to take a full course of antibiotics, nobody should be able to benefit from proper use?
Maybe I didn't but there's no way you prove that by what I posted.
Some of us here keep tradition.
That middle link is this study.
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