Posted on 05/12/2020 6:47:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
TAMPA, Fla. - Frontline healthcare workers in Tampa are participating in a clinical trial to see if a drug being used to treat COVID-19 can actually prevent the virus. It is part of a nationwide research program by HERO (Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes) on hydroxychloroquine, an FDA-approved drug commonly used to treat malaria.
“Does this hydroxychloroquine medication work to prevent COVID-19?” said Dr. Seetha Lakshmi, an associate hospital epidemiologist at Tampa General Hospital and an assistant professor at USF Health.
That’s the question nearly 190 healthcare workers at Tampa General Hospital, including Dr. Lakshmi, hope to help answer. They will participate in an eight-week clinical trial for the drug’s effectiveness.
“Beyond PPE, personal protective equipment, there’s not much that they can do to protect themselves, and if this drug works, it will be a great resource or weapon against the pandemic,” said Lakshmi.
TGH also uses hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for some patients with COVID-19.
“It’s an anti-inflammation drug with an anti-virus property and minimum to no side effects on long term use that we know of,” said Lakshmi.
“Hydroxychloroquine has been around the block a long time. We know its safety profile. People have been on this medication for 10, 15 years.”
But instead of treatment, the study focuses on prevention.
Healthy frontline healthcare workers will take the drug or a placebo to see if it can actually stop the virus from spreading.
“For example, aspirin is used to prevent strokes in older patients, and this would be a similar kind of concept preventing an infection,” said Lakshmi.
And after eight weeks of the clinical trial, Lakshmi said
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I think we put the kabosh on a lot of this aspirin use as a preventative. Too many bleeds.....
No mention of zinc to go with it.
Faucci is opposed to hydroxycloroquine because it is inexpensive (costing about $1.00 per day for two doses) and its widespread use would not benefit the pharmaceutical companies or result in major research grants. It is a shame that this man is running interference for those who want to profiteer of the Wuhan pandemic.
Correct! Cheap drugs don’t make any money for the pharmaceuticals, and then there is no cash grants to subsidize Fauci.
Exactly what Rush has been saying and that’s good enough for me to believe it
Worth a try.
Supposedly you don’t need the zinc when HCQ is used as a preventative.
Check out India with 4 times our population. They’ve only had a little over 2000 deaths from CoVid.
What makes them different is the fact that India is the world’s largest maker and user of HCQ.
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