Posted on 03/21/2020 9:28:33 PM PDT by libh8er
..A group of patients who were among the first in Australia with confirmed cases of coronavirus have been successfully treated using two existing drugs.
They were given HIV medication Kaletra and malaria treatment hydroxychloroquine in a secret trial.
The test was so successful that the same drugs will now be given to COVID-19 patients in 50 hospitals around Australia.
The two drugs were highly effective when used against coronavirus in test tubes.
Researchers then conducted a secret trial on the group of patients - all of whom have completely recovered.
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research Director Professor David Paterson - who is also Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - was part of the team that made the discovery.
'These medications have the potential to be a real cure for all, unlike the random anecdotal experiences of some people,' Professor Paterson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at techtimes.com ...
And in several months, the FDA will begin looking at it.
There are several major pharmaceutical companies that have ramped up production of hydroxychloroquine in a big way. Novartis just announced they are donating 130 million doses to the USA. That’s 130 Million doses, and they already have 50 Million doses ready. Bayer donated 3 Million, and Teva is donating 6 Million. I suspect some of these “secret trials” are not so secret in the pharmaceutical industry.
Turns out you’re one hundred percent correct.
But the ‘secret trial’ is for a drug combo, not hydroxychloroquine by itself.
FDA?
It’s already been approved, long time ago. Plaquenil. just not for Woo Hoo Floo.
Interesting... thanks for posting this. Hoping for a effective treatment / cure for this horrid virus SOON.
You are too kind :)
A quote jumps to mind, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”
When people are dying in front of your eyes and a promising solution of proven safety falls into your hands, you don’t wait for massive trials simply because “that’s the way it should be done.”
any physicians out there?
is this the drug that doctors will give you if you expect to be traveling to a swampy area with mosquitoes in the near future?
One of the two drugs is. The other is an anti-retroviral cocktail used for HIV.
yes I became suspicious after some of his comments recently but his love letters confirmed it.. I am far from a genius :-) it was pretty obvious from some things he said that he was undermining Trump at least to some extent.
NO NO NO!!! Pope Fauci and Rachel Maddow don’t approve of hydroxychloroquine -—CENSOR!!!!!
We need more secret trials in the U.S. (No, not the Schiff kind).
indeed - reducing the length of hospitalizations would go a VERY long way to overcoming this issue and stretching our capacity to treat infected patients.
Hey now there’s no reason to insult my backyard.
This thing is going to get cleared up faster then most anticipate and it will be clear it was due to the leadership of one man - and it isn't Dr Fauci. Keep your eye on the ball.
That president Trump has this prickly guy enhances the president's credibility.
Nobody thinks president Trump is an expert on epidemiology, but he is will to work with and push back on experts - this how it works in the real world - it resonates I'm telling you. Watch the press is frustrated because of how well the president is doing.
Where's Joe by the way - probably at some donkey show having a corna. After this episode Grampa Biden is done. and remember buy low sell high (hint: it's low right now)
I hope the supply of these drugs is better than the current supply of toilet paper.
Chloroquine is approved for compassionate use along with azithromycin. All physicians have to do is ask for approval and the only thing the feds are asking for is documentation on the results.
CC
Hope this works out to end this insanity quickly.
I’ll eat crow along with 8 canned hams and a dozen cans of span.
The physicians don’t need to ask for approval. This is simply an off-label use.
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