Coronavirus good news thread

Some news coming out of a hospital on France.
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My wife takes hydroxychloroquine daily for an auto immune disease that she has. Apparently places are really concerned that they are going to run out of it, as countries have stopped exporting it. I believe Lupus sufferers use it too, and lupus uk have voiced their concerns.
Hopefully it’s relatively easy for pharmaceuticals in each country to mass produce.
 
FabioPorkpie said:
My wife takes hydroxychloroquine daily for an auto immune disease that she has.
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It has been a generic drug for a long time, though there are branded products that are tolerated better than the basic generic. If the trials prove successful I imagine there'd be a large scale ramp up by numerous companies.

And the good news for your wife is that it is supposed to be most effective if you take it before contact with the virus. So hopefully her vulnerability due to lupus will be compensated by taking the drug. Some New York hospital doctors are using it to avoid developing major disease as they work in a sea of virus. Though as bear66 has said before, it's not for everyone.

The link suggests there are several UK suppliers so you should be fine. The irony is that Teva UK stopped production last year. If this turns out to be helpful in fighting Covid-19, I would imagine they'd switch production back on sharpish.

https://www.lupusuk.org.uk/hydroxychloroquine-prescriptions/
 
br14 said:
It has been a generic drug for a long time, though there are branded products that are tolerated better than the basic generic. If the trials prove successful I imagine there'd be a large scale ramp up by numerous companies.

And the good news for your wife is that it is supposed to be most effective if you take it before contact with the virus. So hopefully her vulnerability due to lupus will be compensated by taking the drug. Some New York hospital doctors are using it to avoid developing major disease as they work in a sea of virus. Though as bear66 has said before, it's not for everyone.

The link suggests there are several UK suppliers so you should be fine. The irony is that Teva UK stopped production last year. If this turns out to be helpful in fighting Covid-19, I would imagine they'd switch production back on sharpish.

https://www.lupusuk.org.uk/hydroxychloroquine-prescriptions/
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Thanks for that reply Br14. Let’s hope this proves to be a drug that can help in the treatment and save many lives 👍
 
NHS, a university and Mercedes have developed a CPAP machine. It provides oxygen by positive pressure to the lungs. It's been approved, now trials begin. It's an alternative to a ventilator where the patient doesn't need sedation. Merecedes could make 1000 a day. I think Italy have had some success with a similar device.
 
br14 said:
And the good news for your wife is that it is supposed to be most effective if you take it before contact with the virus.
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That's not true according to what I've read. The mechanism by which hydroxychloroquine is supposed to work is by reducing the rate at which the virus replicates. If there's no virus there, there's nothing for the hydroxychloroquine to do.

In addition there are good reasons why you shouldn't take it ahead of time. Firstly, it has a half-life of 30 hours so it's no good taking it if you don't have the virus - it'll be gone within a couple of days.

Also, hydroxychloroquine has potentially serious side effects especially at the dosage they've been using against SARS-CoV-2 and/or after prolonged use. This was mentioned in one of the studies done in China, which:

underlined the need for stopping the treatment at day 5 to reduce the risk of side effects..
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Since it doesn't remain in the body to protect you and you can only take it for 5 days without risk of side effects, my impression is that you don't want to be taking it before you have to.
 
Liamo said:
That's not true according to what I've read. The mechanism by which hydroxychloroquine is supposed to work is by reducing the rate at which the virus replicates. If there's no virus there, there's nothing for the hydroxychloroquine to do.

In addition there are good reasons why you shouldn't take it ahead of time. Firstly, it has a half-life of 30 hours so it's no good taking it if you don't have the virus - it'll be gone within a couple of days.

Also, hydroxychloroquine has potentially serious side effects especially at the dosage they've been using against SARS-CoV-2 and/or after prolonged use. This was mentioned in one of the studies done in China, which:



Since it doesn't remain in the body to protect you and you can only take it for 5 days without risk of side effects, my impression is that you don't want to be taking it before you have to.
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That's an important point. It took me almost a week to realise I was getting a severe reaction. I initially thought it was just jet lag.
 
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