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Source: MedRxiv Background: No consensus or evidence-based guideline currently exists for pharmacological therapy against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19). While South Korea has been relatively successful in managing the pandemic, its management of confirmed cases and treatment outcomes have not been reported to date. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of the 358 laboratory-confirmed SARS CoV […]
Source: NY1 NEW YORK – Researchers at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine found patients given the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine along with zinc sulphate and the antibiotic azithromycin were 44 percent less likely to die from the coronavirus. “Certainly we have very limited options as far as what we have seen work for this infection so […]
Source: The Indian Express “I am 80, but I have defeated coronavirus. Don’t worry, you can also defeat the virus…,” said the octogenarian as he walked out of the civic-run Yeshwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital on Saturday afternoon. Thanking the doctors for saving his life, the 80-year-old resident of Tadiwala Road in Pune city said, “One should […]
Source: The Texan News The Texas State Board of Pharmacy issued a new rule that no prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine could be dispensed without a diagnosis, then changed their tune. Dr. Ivette Lozano, who has been in medical practice for over 20 years, was shocked to learn in March that she would be required to share […]
Source: World Tribune Despite overwhelming positive results in treating coronavirus patients, a Texas doctor said the state’s pharmacy board is putting up “alarming” barriers which make it extremely difficult to prescribe hydroxychloroquine. In an interview on the Thursday broadcast of Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle”, Dr. Ivette Lozano said the board asked her to reveal […]
Source: Renascenca The Director-General of Health stresses that national and international institutions continue to monitor the “evolution of the use of this medicine worldwide and are adjusting their recommendations accordingly.” The director-general of Health, Graça Freitas, says that in Portugal there is no record of adverse reactions to the drug hydroxychloroquine, which can be used […]
Source: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The lack of treatment options for COVID-19 patients, potential promise in repurposing drugs, and controversy surrounding the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine have created a storm of questions about the drug’s efficacy that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is ready to answer. To do that, the organization […]
Source: The East African The deal follows last week’s telephone conversation between Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Raychelle Omamo and India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. “In keeping with excellent bilateral ties and as a special gesture, India has allowed one-time export of prohibited Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate USP 200 mg (379,000 tablets) to Kenya to […]
Source: PRNewswire The global hydroxychloroquine market size is expected to be worth around US$ 6 Bn by 2027 with CAGR of around 32%. The commercial market for hydroxychloroquin is witnessing growth owing to the rising demand for the medication as a possible cure of the COVID-19 pandemic disease. However, the growing incidence of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and […]
Source: Bloomberg Scientists from the University of Oxford are starting a first-of-its-kind study to see whether available drugs can help keep older, more vulnerable people with mild cases of Covid-19 from becoming severely ill. More than 500 U.K. doctors’ offices are recruiting for the trial of drugs that are already approved for other purposes, such […]
Source: Fox News 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 […]
Source: bisnow JLL’s head of New York investment sales, Bob Knakal, fell ill with COVID-19 five weeks ago and used hydroxychloroquine to treat his symptoms, he said on a Bisnow webinar Tuesday. “I had corona for 17 days, but fortunately it didn’t get into the lungs and after 12 days, the fever broke and I took […]
Source: Cartapiaui Following protocols established by fellow doctor Marina Bucar Barjud , who lives in Madrid, scientific coordinator of the University of Zaragoza, in Spain, doctors at the Regional Hospital Tibério Nunes, in Floriano, interior of Piauí, saved eight patients from the coronavirus with the application of an efficient cocktail based on hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and corticoids in […]
For symptomatic patients at home, are added to this, optionally, aspirin, hydroxychloroquine and monitoring with home pulse oxiometry.
Source: MirageNews Australians are being warned not to import and self-prescribe the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19, following a surge in detections by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers screening medical supplies crossing the border. Dozens of consignments, totalling more than 6,000 tablets, have been intercepted at the border since January. All […]
Source: msn.com Rashid al-Faysal (R), the owner of a Syrian pharmaceutical factory, supervises the manufacturing process of the hydroxychloroquine drug, used in Syria to prevent or cure COVID-19, on April 28,2020 in the government controlled central city of Homs. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) In central Syria, factory owner Rashid al-Faysal watches his staff […]
Source: Anadolu Agency A Turkish pharmaceutical company said Friday it has developed a generic drug containing hydroxychloroquine sulphate, which doctors have been using to treat COVID-19-related symptoms. As pharmaceutical companies race to find a cure for the deadly virus globally, Turkish Kocak Farma company official Cem Kocak said that they too are playing their part. […]
Source: The Australian The researchers leading a major Australian clinical trial into whether the drug hydroxychloroquine is effective in treating coronavirus have addressed concerns over whether they should be administering the drug, critiquing two international studies. The trial involves more than 70 hospitals nationwide and will test the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in preventing severe disease […]
Source: Anadolu Agency A Turkish pharmaceutical company said Friday it has developed a generic drug containing hydroxychloroquine sulphate, which doctors have been using to treat COVID-19-related symptoms. As pharmaceutical companies race to find a cure for the deadly virus globally, Turkish Kocak Farma company official Cem Kocak said that they too are playing their part. […]
Source: THV-11 With a lot of fight and a lot of faith, 99-year-old Evelyn Rand recovered after receiving her second negative test on Thursday, May 7. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Evelyn Rand has officially recovered from COVID-19 after contracting it from Briarwood Nursing Home over a month ago. Families were devastated when they learned of […]
Source: Pharmaceutical Journal Accord Healthcare has said that it plans to produce around 70% of the UK’s current annual use of hydroxychloroquine at its facility in the north east of England by October 2020. A manufacturer has announced plans to move production of hydroxychloroquine — currently being trialled as a COVID-19 treatment — to the […]
Source: Ghana Web Eximbank Ghana is set to collaborate with Entrance Pharmaceuticals and Research Center, a member of the Tobinco Group of companies to produce Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin locally to treat COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin recover quickly but the drug is not produced locally on the large scale. Furthermore, the drugs value has […]
Source: Boston Review On January 29 the Hubei Daily, a state-owned Chinese newspaper based in Wuhan, reported on a promising development. Teams of researchers associated with the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the Wuhan Institute of Virology had tested dozens of existing pharmaceuticals for possible efficacy against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. They had […]
Source: NEWS 18 IndiaIndian High Commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria said that India and Canada are cooperating on all fronts amid the coronavirus crisis and added that an Indian shipment of 50 lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine-HCQ would reach Canada soon. In an interview with News18, Bisaria detailed the efforts taken by the Indian High Commission in […]
Source: First Coast News Shapard credits hydroxychloroquine, a drug usually used to treat malaria and lupus, and of course the doctors for his recovery. A Jacksonville man who survived COVID-19 is now donating his plasma with antibodies to try to help current patients. Author: Kailey TracyPublished: 05/02/20 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One month ago, Tommy Shapard was in a […]
Source: MedRxiv This study provides the first in vivo evidence that zinc sulfate in combination with hydroxychloroquine may play a role in therapeutic management for COVID-19. Philip Carlucci, Tania Ahuja, Christopher M Petrilli, Harish Rajagopalan, Simon Jones, Joseph Rahimian Background: COVID-19 has rapidly emerged as a pandemic infection that has caused significant mortality and economic losses. Potential therapies and means of prophylaxis against COVID-19 are urgently […]
Source: India Today As some Western studies found hydroxychloroquine ineffective as a potential Covid-19 therapy, a new Chinese research has reported that the anti-malarial drug brought down mortality rates significantly among critical coronavirus patients. The latest preprint study — which means it’s not yet peer-reviewed — is based on the clinical analysis of 568 Covid-19 […]
Source: CBSNEWS Instanbul — Turkey has the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, with more than 117,000 confirmed infections. More than 3,000 people have died. But the government has a lower fatality rate than the global average estimated by the World Health Organization at over 3%. Turkey’s Ministry of Health says the relatively low death toll is thanks to treatment protocols […]
Source: Times of India WASHINGTON: Several hospitals in the US are using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients, a media report has said. MDedge, a medical publication, on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalized with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale […]
Dr. Zelenko, during his interview with Steve Bannon, said his protocol provides a 95% reduction in death, that France used a similar protocol and had an 88% reduction in death.
Source: Times Now News Photo Credit: Getty Images A group of doctors has claimed that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does help patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus infection. Urging wide use of the drug to treat COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the medics said in a report that hydroxychloroquine could help increase patients’ chances of […]
Source: (CBSNewYork) ROSLYN, N.Y. – One New York doctor claims to have kept hundreds of coronavirus patients out of the hospital with a cocktail of medications. It’s been criticized as unproven, but a major hospital in New York takes it seriously, and is launching a clinical trial based on the treatment, reports CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff. In the […]
SOURCE: The Sun UKDOCTORS in the US have claimed that a now controversial malaria drug does help patients diagnosed with the coronavirus. They say medics should start giving the drug to patients after 91.7 per cent showed improvements on the drug. A report published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) stated patients […]
The ad quoted the leader of a clinical trial, Prof David Paterson, saying it was not a stretch to describe the drug as a cure.
Source: Yahoo NewsTUSCON, Ariz., April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®). To date, the total number of reported patients treated […]
Source: CBN News Pastor A.R. Bernard of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, NY, is revealing his recent harrowing bout with COVID-19 and how the drug cocktail with hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin saved his life. In a 42-minute interview posted to the church’s YouTube channel on April 14, Bernard thanked everyone around the world for their prayers for […]
Gujarat, India: Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Limited informed that it has received approval to manufacture Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) among other critical drugs to fight COVID 19. The company received approval from the Food & Drug Control Administration, Gujarat to manufacture varied dosages of Hydroxychloroquine Tablets and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Tablets among others at its plant in Khatraj in Ahmedabad. […]
Source: Daily Monitor KAMPALA– The Health ministry has said raw materials to kick-start manufacturing of hydroxychloroquine, one of the drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients, are on their way into the country.Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the minister of State for Primary Healthcare, said government was working closely with the local manufacturing company, Cipla Quality Chemicals […]
On March 23, three people in Lauderdale County were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Dan and Liz were two of those. On March 24, Dan changed the sheets on the bed. Liz was so weak that he had to lay her on the floor with pillows while he made the bed. The first two weeks of […]
Source: ABC6 PLAIN CITY, Ohio — The anti-malaria medication, hydroxychloroquine, is under the microscope in a clinical trial after making national headlines. Damea Alexander decided to give hydroxychloroquine a try after he got sick last month. “I didn’t think this was the regular flu that goes around,” said Alexander. It was March 17 when Alexander, a husband […]