I use it medicinally.
I hope the world does not depend on China for that antibiotic. I don’t trust them at all now, for anything.
Z-Pak! A readily available drug. I consider this wonderful news.
Oof. I’m allergic to Z-PAK.
Azithromycin is Zithromax(The Z-Pack)
My lovely wife—the RN—says these drugs are fairly safe in the majority of patients so this is hopeful news.
I was talking w/a cousin yesterday about Hydrochloroquine. Didn’t know she’s been taking it for another ailment. However, she said it will certainly help treat those w/the virus. Her husband is a doctor so she knows.
Trump has been pushing for using existing drugs ‘off label’. The FDA has until now refused to approve the drugs for Wuhan virus, even though the drugs have been tested and on the market for years. Looks like they have given in on this one. The FDA and CDC are all wrapped up in red tape. For a totally new drug with no testing it’s understandable to be cautious, but for existing drugs that have been prescribed for years, or decades, it shouldn’t be so hard to start trying them.
The whole world will be buying tonic water and seltzer now. Good for Seagramm’s I gues.
I already got a supply of the drug as I was taking it as a malaria prophylactic in January and February during a trip in Northern Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, much of it by boat on the Mekong River.
Much of my travel was near the China border and also spent 2 days in Seoul South Korea just before they halted flights to the USA
GOD was looking out for me!
Approved as a “compassionate” treatment for Wuton Coronavirus. The good part of this is they’ve set this up so EACH approval will be set up to be tracked (apparently the physician/facility receiving the approval will report the results) for the result of the treatment for that individual patient. This set-up will allow the FDA to get substantial efficacy data very quickly.
Since, in the US, the size of the outbreak is not yet substantial we could see a significant suppression of the number of Coronavirus deaths from what otherwise may have occurred. This, of course, assumes widespread adoption of the treatment. Will all physicians adopt this as part of their standard protocol? IMHO, THEY’D BE OUT OF THEIR MINDS TO NOT TRY IT.
I use it medicinally.
It’s a chemically modified form of quinine.
That’s where the Quine comes from in the name.
I shouldn’t say this, but, now there will be a run on tonic water. It probably couldn’t hurt as a prophylactic.
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March 19,2020
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn:
"We need to make sure that this sea of new treatments -- we'll get the right drug to the right patient at the right dosage at the right time," he said, explaining that the right drug may be available but it may not be in the right dosage, "and that may do more harm than good."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/politics/trump-fda-anti-viral-treatments-coronavirus/index.html
Unless it is specifically approved for coronavirus your insurance will not cover it in most cases. When I had the stroke one of my high cost heart meds was due for renewal, but someone fouled up the paperwork and it appeared that it had been prescribed for the stroke. So it was denied as an unapproved drug.
Took several calls, including one from my cardiologist to get it corrected.
I have two 100 capsule azithromycin scrips and one 100 capsule quinine scrip in my med box. Someone is looking out for me and mine