It is a drug that not only has a precedent for antiviral activity but also has a long history of using that drug in the anti-malarial context.
Category: Treatment
Source: Eyewitness News, ABC7 (US) A woman who was treated with an experimental drug to fight the coronavirus is sharing her recovery story. “Once my fever was gone, it was gone, that was it,” Suzanne Schwing said. Schwing is smiling again and with good reason. She spent 10 days in a hospital room after she […]
Source: Brasil Sem Medo Paolo Zanotto, virologist at the University of Sao Paulo, says that the use of hydroxychloroquine is the most effective method to save thousands of lives and prevent a historic tragedy. Virologist Paolo Zanotto, professor in the Department of Microbiology at USP, says that the use of hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients is […]
Frontline staff and approximately three quarters of patients are being treated with some form of Hydroxychloroquine. Watch the interview by Fox News.
Senegal is set to continue administering hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients, a senior health official said Thursday, after encouraging results for those treated with the venerable anti-malarial drug. Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are drugs ordinarily used to treat malaria, but early small-scale studies suggest they reduce virus levels among people badly infected by COVID-19. Some countries […]
New Brunswick becomes the first province in Canada to “organize” and “authorize” the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat certain patients with COVID-19. “What we want to do is certainly make accessible hydroxychloroquine to patients in the community at the very beginning of their illness. If we make a parallel with the flu or the flu, the […]
Source: NY Times Last month, residents of Kiryas Joel, a New York village of 35,000 Hasidic Jews roughly an hour’s drive from Manhattan, began hearing about a promising treatment for the coronavirus that had been rippling through their community. The source was Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, 46, a mild-mannered family doctor with offices near the village. Since early […]
On the 2nd of April, the Federal Government made and exemption to standard TGA ruling to allow for the emergency importation of hydroxychloroquine for the use in the fight against COVID-19. Read the legislation here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020N00041
SOURCE: Detroit Metro Times After being accused of “banning” the use of a potential coronavirus drug, Michigan is now leading the nation’s largest study on whether hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat COVID-19. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was asked about the new study of the drug, announced by Henry Ford Health System on Thursday, during a coronavirus town […]
The Morrison government has waived therapeutic goods registration requirements for anti-malarial drugs to prepare for their urgent importation to Australia. On Thursday, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine was exempted from a requirement to be listed on the Australian register of therapeutic goods, which is generally the only way medicine can be lawfully supplied in Australia. Read the original article […]
Source: Katu PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) – A local veteran is celebrating two big milestones this week. Not only is he turning 104, but he’s also celebrating his recovery from coronavirus. William Lapschies lives at the Edward C. Allworth Oregon Veterans’ Home in Lebanon. He was one of at least 15 residents to tested positive for the […]
An international poll of thousands of doctors rated the Trump-touted anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine the best treatment for the novel coronavirus. Of the 2,171 physicians surveyed, 37 percent rated hydroxychloroquine the “most effective therapy” for combating the potentially deadly illness, according to the results released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the global health care polling company Sermo, also found that […]
SOURCE: Metro Times, FDA Gov. Gretchen Whitmer drew fire from some on the right after the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) sent a letter last week threatening “administrative action” against doctors who prescribed two experimental drugs that could potentially help coronavirus patients. The Whitmer administration has since removed the language threatening doctors […]
Twitter removed a tweet from Fox New host Laura Ingraham that suggested hospitals using hydroxychloroquine as treatment for the Wuhan coronavirus are showing promising results, despite the FDA’s approval of the drug for emergency use. “Lenox Hill in New York among many hospitals already using hydroxychloroquine with very promising results. One patient was described as ‘Lazarus’ who […]
Source: Fox 2 Detroit A Macomb County patient was recently given a drug typically used for malaria that is showing positive results for beating COVID-19. Jim Santilli said it helped him and he believes it could help others, too. “I was struggling to breathe. I felt like I was slowly drowning and I was sitting […]
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 […]
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 […]
A patient at the Amiens University Hospital who presented symptoms of the Covid-19 coronavirus was administered hydroxychloroquine-based treatment.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
The anti-HIV effect of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine is modest by itself but is additive or synergistic when combined with selected antiretrovirals.
Source: NIH Savarino A, Boelaert JR, Cassone A, Majori G, Cauda R. Effects of chloroquine on viral infections: an old drug against today’s diseases?. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003;3(11):722‐727. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00806-5 Abstract Chloroquine is a 9-aminoquinoline known since 1934. Apart from its well-known antimalarial effects, the drug has interesting biochemical properties that might be applied against some viral […]