Our man Trump plays hardball. 
Posted on 04/15/2020 8:13:18 AM PDT by george76
No, but at least they were forced to acknowledge the patents and will be paying Gilead *something* per pill. They normally just ignore the patents and refuse to pay anything, so this is a change. I’m sure they’ll do what they can to “forget” to pay for most of the pills they actually make.
Our man Trump plays hardball.
"This will enable us to test the first wave of Australian patients and gain real-world experience with this treatment, especially since we expect ongoing infections to continue for many months," he said.
Therefor, the moment I have anything like a flu symptom, I'm going to get myself admitted to hospital. As a resident of Queensland, as long as I get this medication, I don't care where it's prescribed.
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko in New York explains why it is important to use zinc in combination with Hydroxcychloroquine
He uses a combination of HCQ, Azithromycin, and Zinc, and in a 1 hour video explains his reasoning. Zinc slows down viral replication in the cell. Hydroxychloroquine helps zinc penetrate the cell. He believes the anti-biotic Azithromycin prevents secondary bacterial infections. However, elsewhere I read that it is also anti-inflamatory. Which is why I favor high dose Vitamin C as part of treatment, as explained by Dr. Robert Cathcart who treated 9,000 patients over 10 years for various severe illnesses. http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html
See my Comment #64. At his link there, Dr. Zelensky explains that he treated people at home before they needed the hospital (terrible, 900 anecdotal reports). Dr. Cathcart’s link reports what people can do at home with Vitamin C.
Now a new observation may further affect treatment. An alert doctor, Cameron Kyle-Sidell, at Maimonides Medical Center, NY, says it is clear to him Covid is a new disease, and treatment didn’t always fit the disease. He believes that for many Covid patients it looks like they are suffering altitude sickness rather than pneumonia. It appears some Covid patients are choking and unable to bring air into their lungs, but others are breathing with their lungs, but they are still oxygen starved. It has been suggested that while some patients might do better with the often fatal intubation/ventilator procedure, those who are oxygen starved but have functioning breathing might do better with WHOLE BLOOD transfusion. The reason for this idea is that Covid may remove iron ions from red blood cells and move themselves into the cells. The whole blood would reduce the danger of organ failures and give time for other treatments to work. Link below explains this and other possible treatments.
Of course if Dr. Zelensky can treat patients at home with $12 worth of medications, and Dr. Cathcart can save lives with Vitamin C at 5 or 10 cents a tablet, Big Pharma and their allies will be outraged. Someone told me that early in this crisis Dr. Fauci mentioned Vitamin C. He has certainly been mum since then. I wonder why?
Follow the money. The people should be demanding their leaders step down.
“There is no solid evidence that the drug is effective against COVID-19”
There is the lie.
The Aussie government must be really connected to lobbyists from Big Pharm. Remdesivir therapy costs $1000.00 USD per patient. HCQ therapy costs $20.00 per patient. The government is lining up a money train of profit for themselves and for Gilead Corp that makes Remdesivir out of los Angeles.
HCQ has been a great gift to those who listen to the method of its use. Timing is important. And confusion about the efficacy of HCQ therapy is directly related to the timing issue.The drug must be administered in the early to mid portion of the disease evolution. Early diagnosis is essential.
HcQ therapy includes zinc vitamin supplement along with Azithromycin antibiotic ( Z-Pac). For heart arrhythmia sensitive patients the substitute antibiotic is Doxycycline
The problem is that most doctors will wait to long to use HCQ therapy, they wait for test results before administering HCQ. If the disease is too far developed and the lungs fill with mucus, the HCQ therapy is not as beneficial.
The Covid-19 diagnosis needs to be completed without the test result return by using the symptomatic indicators of breathing, body pain, temperature , and probable infection vector analysis. The HCQ must be administered before the later development of the disease into a temperature spike of up to 104 degrees F, and the lungs quickly fill with mucus.
Either quick testing is necessary, or a symptomatic diagnosis so early administration of the HCQ therapy can begin.
Also the HCQ can be used as prophylaxis by taking 1 220 mg tab of HCQ per day ( Plaquenil), along with a 100 mg Zinc supplement such as Chelated Zinc or Zinc sulfate.
This was developed and used by Dr. Vladimir Zelenko of New York.
See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3833992/posts?page=12#12
In a recent article, I read that the Queensland regulations were that only people positive to the virus, admitted to hospital would be prescribed HCQ therapy. I image that is a conservative measure to assure the drug would be available to those who need it for a variety of other ailments. My reaction is, should I find I have symptoms, I would present to the nearest emergency hospital, get myself tested and admitted, if positive.
My GP, lovely man that he is, who has my total confidence, is obviously prevented from giving me a prescription if I were to ask for it.
As an Australian, I have no argument with this ruling. I have vitamin D3, Ascorbic Acid and Zinc supplements, and optimism.
The legitate model of testing at hospital befoe HCQ therapy will worl as long as the testing can be domone in a day or two. Much beyond that, and you’re getting into the end point if the disease when HCQ is not as effective in overcoming the radical filling of one’s lungs.
Taken early enough, the HCQ therapy is successful in every case.
The alternative is for to go to go your GP and get your clearly arthritic ( though shapely ;-) ) body,treated with HCQ and make sure the prescription is 2 HCQ 220 mgs per day if possible.One 220 mg tab is the light dosage usually given for arthritis. But you can take your prescription and insist on a 90 day supply. That will allow both prophylaxes and therapy later should you need it.
I too actually have arthritis. If this whole fiasco is not over, I am thinking that my arthritis will need treatment.My sister has been on HCQ for 3 years dur to arthritis. She’s good with it and has a sight check once a year ( side effect check)
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