Correct Mitch, sharing information about drugs that may work is a good thing. If we can lockdown and destroy the economy to "save lives", we certainly can and should share information about potential treatments that may save lives. If we can mandate mask wearing by force of law, we can also take the time to study and explore viable treatment options. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:42 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, July 8, 2020 9:24 am, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > "Magic beans" We could rephrase the headline to "People who were going to > > recover anyway seem to recover well when treated." Without any kind of > > scientific study there's no way to know the drug is doing anything. > > Basically true, but until those results are in, medical professionals have > to go with what works in their experience. I recall a speech by a Texas > MD, back when the news media and certain Dem governors were telling us > that taking malaria meds was dangerous and not helpful, apparently because > the president mentioned it favorably. Her claim was that she'd prescribe > it to patients and within 24-48 hours their symptoms would show > significant improvement, and had not been seeing such improvement before > she started prescribing it. > > If inhaled steroids reduce lung inflammation, it would not be surprising > to find that they reduce lung inflammation caused by COVID. After all, > COVID doesn't damage your lungs, your immune response to COVID damages > your lungs. > > Generally speaking, untreated patients don't magically recover when first > diagnosed, if you're really sick you'll stay that way for 2-4 weeks and > still not be in good shape at the end of a month (my sister was virtually > bedridden for 3 weeks, and very weak at week 5, I think she's still not > back to work more than a month after her 'recovery'). I should try to find > out what if any medication she took for it and when she received it. I > remember the general instructions were 'if you can't breathe, call an > ambulance, otherwise, you're under quarantine until symptoms subside'. > When finally deemed safe to take a bus to the hospital, she was negative > on the COVID test, positive on the antibody test. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
