If hydroxychloroquine is a antimalarial medication, why are they prescribing it to people with autoimmune disease like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis? Do you think they might have discovered at a point in time that it was also effective on these diseases? That’s how medicine works. That’s how Viagra was discovered for goodness sakes.
They have also discovered that hydroxychloroquine is an ionophore that allows zinc to more easily penetrate a cell wall and interfere with the virus’s ability to replicate itself. Again, it prevents the virus from hijacking the RNA sequencing mechanism of a cell to replicate itself.
Secondly, hydroxychloroquine helps regulate the immune system and prevents what is killing a lot of people, the sudden release of a large amount of pro-inflammatory cytokines that destroys healthy lung tissue, known as a cytokine storm.
please do a little more reading on the subject so you know how it actually works. You might want to watch this video and learn something:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&feature=share
If hydroxychloroquine is a antimalarial medication, why are they prescribing it to people with autoimmune disease like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis?
For money, perhaps?
I'm curious, are pro-inflammatory cytokines the same thing or related to having a high CRP? (C-Reactive Protein?) I suffer from an inflammation disorder and am on meds that repress my immune system which puts me at higher risk of catching coronavirus (I'm not freaking out about it though.)
Just curious to know if CRP and cytokine storm is related?