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Hydroxy-chloroquine approved for asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients: Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the national task force for COVID-19 constituted by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for high-risk populations. According to this advisory distributed from New Delhi on March 22, 2020, hydroxy-chloroquine should […]
SOURCE: Jornal da Cultura Watch: In an interview dated March 28, Brazilian virologist Professor Paolo Zanotto from the University of Sao Paulo praised the US President’s decision on hydroxychloroquine. In the interview the researcher spoke about the fantastic results that the use of that drug has in Brazil, and the early use protocols that are […]
The Russian Health Ministry has provided Version 4 (27/03/2020) interim recommendations for the treatment of COVID-19, which includes their intended dosage and timeline of use. NOTE* This excerpt has been translated. Please see the official recommendation in Russian here: TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONMonitoring is required as part of medical care the patient’s condition to detect […]
FDA issued emergency authorization of Hydroxychloroquine treatment for COVID-19 patients in the USA. A global survey found that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine was the most highly-rated treatment against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This new survey completed by Sermo on March 27, 2020, reported 6,227 physicians in 30 countries found that 37 percent of those treating […]
On March 19, we published a story about a trial study conducted by French researchers which showed a combination of Hydroxychloroquine (brand name Plaquenil) and Azithromycin to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The study, which was led by renowned Didier Raoult M.D/Ph.D in Marseille, France, showed that 100% of patients that received a combination of the two […]
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/morocco-roll-antimalarials-against-coronavirus Rabat (AFP) – Morocco has authorised hospitals to use antimalarial drugs in treating the new coronavirus, according to a document seen by AFP, as scientists urge caution over encouraging results from small trials. The Moroccan health ministry on Monday gave hospitals and regional health directors the green light to start using hydroxychloroquine and […]
In recent days there has been considerable focus on the potential for hydroxychloroquine and the similar compound chloroquine (which is not marketed in Australia) to help in treating COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine is used for treatment of malaria and certain autoimmune diseases. Recent reports of increased off-label prescribing of medicines containing hydroxychloroquine have raised concerns that this […]
Watch this interview with Clive Palmer about the resources and infrastructure that are required to fund and fight COVID-19 on our medical front lines here in Australia.
Source: 7News Clive Palmer says he’ll pay for more than 30,000,000 million doses of a malaria drug that could help fight coronavirus. According to early studies, Hydroxychloroquine could prevent or reduce the severity of illness in those who contract COVID-19 The drug is currently undergoing clinical trials in 50 Australian hospitals and Palmer says he […]
A patient at the Amiens University Hospital who presented symptoms of the Covid-19 coronavirus was administered hydroxychloroquine-based treatment.
Clive Palmer has appointed Brisbane pharmacist Jeremey Sheridan to lead the effort to oversee the large-scale manufacturing of Hydroxychloroquine in Australia and the acquisition of the drug as soon as possible. Mr Sheridan stated in Brisbane today: “While the clinical trials in Australia in 50 hospitals may take four to five months to complete it […]
Clive Palmer has pledged to fund the manufacturing or purchase of one million doses of a malaria drug that, according to early studies, could help to prevent or reduce the severity of Covid-19. In a statement released today, the billionaire said he agreed to fund the drug called Hydroxychloroquine. Palmer has enlisted Brisbane pharmacist Jeremey Sheridan […]
Zhaowei Chen, from the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in China, and colleagues examined the efficacy of HCQ in treatment of COVID-19. Sixty-two patients with COVID-19 diagnosed and admitted from Feb. 4 to Feb. 28, 2020, were randomly assigned to receive an additional five-day HCQ treatment or standard treatment (control). “Despite our small number of cases, the […]
A drug combo already used against HIV. A malaria treatment first tested during World War II. A new antiviral whose promise against Ebola fizzled last year. Could any of these drugs hold the key to saving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients from serious harm or death? On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a […]
Source: Instagram American actor Daniel Dae Kim’s shares his recovery from Covid-19 story, and it includes hydroxychloroquine. “…and here’s what I consider to be the secret weapon. Hydroxychloroquine. This is a common anti-malarial drug that has been used with great success in Korea in their fight against coronavirus. “Add my name to those personal accounts, […]
Source medRxiv Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial Zhaowei Chen, View ORCID ProfileJijia Hu, Zongwei Zhang, Shan Jiang, Shoumeng Han, Dandan Yan, Ruhong Zhuang, Ben Hu, View ORCID ProfileZhan Zhangdoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.20040758This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice. Abstract Aims: Studies […]
As leading doctors warn of widespread infection in Jordan, hospitals can now use malaria drug for serious conditions. Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised physicians to use hydroxychloroquine along with an antiviral medicine as a treatment for COVID-19 in patients in an advanced stage of the disease. A recent French study has shown hydroxychloroquine, […]
Source: National Library of Medicine Conclusion: Despite its small sample size our survey shows that hydroxychloroquine treatment is significantly associated with viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients and its effect is reinforced by azithromycin. Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin as a Treatment of COVID-19: Results of an Open-Label Non-Randomized Clinical Trial Philippe Gautret 1, Jean-Christophe Lagier 2, Philippe Parola 1, Van Thuan Hoang 3, Line Meddeb 4, Morgane […]
A University of Queensland team is among more than 35 research groups around the world desperately working to find a vaccine for COVID-19. It comes as Clive Palmer has been revealed as the mystery man behind a $1 million donation towards research. Read the original article here: https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Flifestyle%2Fhealth%2Fthe-new-treatments-that-could-beat-covid19-coronavirus%2
Source: MSN Some WWLTV viewers have heard that some treatments in other countries may be helping people with COVID-19. WWLTV’s medical reporter Meg Farris wanted to see if those treatments were available to hospital patients in the New Orleans area. After President Trump’s announcement Thursday about promising treatments for COVID-19 we wanted to see what […]
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has donated $1million to go towards a clinical trial in the hopes of finding a cure for the deadly coronavirus. Researchers at the University of Queensland will now be able to further test their theory that drugs used to treat HIV and malaria could be used to tackle the coronavirus. They […]
Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer has donated $1 million to an Australian clinical trial of drugs which researchers say can “cure” coronavirus. Mr Palmer is encouraging others to “dig deep” after his donation yesterday to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation Coronavirus Action Fund. The Queensland mining magnate revealed himself as the extraordinarily generous “anonymous donor” […]
MANALAPAN, NJ — Margaret Novins, 53, is currently resting at her Manalapan home after she survived having covid-19/coronavirus. Novins was discharged Wednesday from CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, where she has been hospitalized for the past ten days. CentraState is the same hospital where four members of one single family, the Fuscos, died of the virus […]
A team of Australian researchers say they’ve found a cure for the novel coronavirus and hope to have patients enrolled in a nationwide trial by the end of the month. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research director Professor David Paterson told news.com.au today they have seen two drugs used to treat other conditions wipe […]
In order to ensure the continuity of supply to patients in the UK, a list of medicines that cannot be parallel exported was published on: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medicinesthat-cannot-be-parallel-exported-from-the-uk. On the 14/03/2020, the UK Department of Health and Social Care added Hydroxychloroquine to the list. A medicine will only be included on this list if the following criteria […]
To increase the effectiveness of treatments and results, researchers need to give greater focus, when designing trials and when extrapolating from them.
Kwon Jun-wook, deputy head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Thursday at a regular press briefing the recommendations come from multiple groups, and that the government is ready to apply the recommendations to patients “where necessary,” The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy, Korean Society of Pediatric […]
A patient with the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 saw symptoms improve after being treated with Sanofi’s immune modulator Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine sulfate), according to the latest report posted on the website of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. The report posted on March 10 details the clinical course followed by a 69-year old man who was given […]
An initial Chinese study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first broke out in Wuhan (China) and subsequently spread worldwide. Chloroquine has been sporadically used in treating SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hydroxychloroquine shares the same mechanism of action as chloroquine, but its more tolerable safety profile makes it the preferred […]
Doctors of subordinate Moscow medical institutions are invited to participate in the study of the drug for the prevention of COVID-19. A medicine called hydroxychloroquine is used for rheumatoid arthritis and malaria. Moscow doctors are invited to take part in the study of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of coronavirus on the site doc-covid.ru. It was created on […]
French research team Colson, Rolain, Raoult propose the following in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents: In the current episode of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emergence [2], we find a spectacular example of possible repositioning of drugs, particularly chloroquine. We had 20 years ago proposed to systematically test chloroquine in viral infections because it had been shown […]
Source: YouTube The government’s guidelines recommend Kaletra, an anti-retroviral medication used to treat HIV for a duration of 7 to 10 days. Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, a medication used to prevent and treat Malaria can be used as an alternative.
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) appears as an additional therapy, as it possesses immunomodulatory and anti-thrombotic various effects [4-16].
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, with an original indication to prevent or cure malaria, have been successfully used to treat several infectious diseases.
Scientific evidence also supports the use of CQ and HCQ in the treatment of cancer.
Here, we summarize the results or design of clinical studies recently completed or initiated to evaluate the therapeutic activity of chloroquine derivatives in cancer patients.
HCQ reduces lipopolysaccharide/TLR-mediated immune activation; this compound could be a useful immunomodulant in HIV-infected patients.
This suggests that intracellular Zn2+ levels affect a common step in the replicative cycle of these viruses.
Source: PLOS Pathogens Author: Aartjan J. W. te Velthuis,Sjoerd H. E. van den Worm,Amy C. Sims,Ralph S. Baric,Eric J. Snijder ,Martijn J. van Hemert Abstract Increasing the intracellular Zn2+ concentration with zinc-ionophores like pyrithione (PT) can efficiently impair the replication of a variety of RNA viruses, including poliovirus and influenza virus. For some viruses this effect has […]
Source: VirologyJournal.com Abstract Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-CoV). No effective prophylactic or post-exposure therapy is currently available. Results We report, however, that chloroquine has strong antiviral effects on SARS-CoV infection of primate cells. These inhibitory effects are observed when the cells are treated with the drug […]