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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Ingraham personally introduced Trump last week to two doctors who have been guests on her program and talked up the potential benefits of hydroxychloroquine.
The next day, Trump praised the drug in a televised briefing: “What do you have to lose? What do you have to lose? Take it,” he said. (He repeated the advice the following day, adding, “I’m not a doctor, but I have common sense.”)
The meeting — which was first reported by The Washington Post and which Fox has declined to confirm — would be an extraordinary breach of ethical standards at most news organizations, which typically prohibit their employees from directly advising public figures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/for-fox-news-hosts-the-hydroxychloroquine-controversy-is-fuel-for-the-culture-war/2020/04/10/0ec604d6-79a4-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html#click=https://t.co/lXRRe7S0S0[/quote]

But does it work?

Introduction is not advising.[/quote]

The mountain of anecdotal evidence says yes, through a means that has nothing to do with its primary function as an anti-parasite medication, but rather by limiting RNA viruses ability to replicate within the cells. This keeps the overall viral load retarded, allowing the immune system not be overwhelmed by the viral load.

Other compounds, such as Quercetin, which are completely unrelated to the quinine-family, have also shown similar properties, especially when combined with zinc ions to help push through the cellular membrane.

Interestingly, an Australian experiment published last last week showed proof that even a common equine deworming medication was able to eradicate virus from cells in-vitro. This medication is also used to treat GI and intramuscular worms and bot infestations in humans under the same and different trade names.

I think the out of the box thinking that is being done all over the world right now with regards to this will lead to a breakthrough in the way we go about fighting viiruses in general. This process was started in the fight against HIV, where the “win” wasn’t to cure the virus, but to drive viral loads to the point where it became a maintenance treatment, rather than an impossible all or nothing fight to eliminate the virus. Using replication inhibitors, rather than trying to synthesize antibodies, and letting the immune system fight it while keeping the viral load down, will become an important area of research going forward from here. Old medications and even herbal compounds are going to be re-examined for inhibitive properties.  These are really exciting times.

But, I’m a Trump supporter, so according to DCUM, I’m an idiot who can’t even dress herself. [/quote]

Curious to understand why you are a trump supporter.  Anyway, there have been a few promising drugs.  It’s silly to tout this as “the cure”.[/quote]

“Cure” is a word lay people use. Trump is a lay person, not someone with a medical or pharmacology background . But for sake of lay person's speak, it’s a quasi-accurate term that conveys the overall point. While the distinction is lost on people who don’t understand the mechanism of *why* a person gets better with treatment, they get better, and thus are “cured”. Even though it was their own immune system doing the work, with some help from the drugs holding down the viral loads while they fought it.

As for why I support the president, I really don’t want to go into it. I’m not going to change your mind, and you’re definitely not going to change mine, no matter how much you attack me. So it’s a dead end in terms of discussion. You asked if the drug worked, and I explained how it, and others, did. But I don’t want to discuss my politics, they have nothing to do with biochem. [/quote]

Bravo!!!

Thank you for sharing, PP. This place can be frustrating at times.  Your contribution is appreciated.[/quote]

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