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| − | '''Coronavirus treatments''' are being discussed without any conclusive proof yet of effectiveness. | + | '''Coronavirus treatments''' include the option of hydroxychloroquine, an inexpensive medication previously used to treat malaria. The [[FDA]] is trying to discourage use of this medication despite its success in multiple cases, like this one: |
| | + | {{cquote|After more than a week, doctors told him there was nothing more they could do and, on Friday evening, Giardinieri said goodbye to his wife and three children. |
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| − | French researchers using a small sample size found a high cure rate by using a combination of hydroxychloroquine (a treatment for malaria) and azithromycin (an antibiotic):<ref>Gautret et al. (2020) Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of | + | “I was at the point where I was barely able to speak and breathing was very challenging,” Giardinieri said. “I really thought my end was there.” |
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| | + | Then, a friend sent him a recent article about hydroxychloroquine, an over-the-counter drug that’s been used to treat malaria for decades and auto-immune diseases like lupus. |
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| | + | Giardinieri said he contacted an infectious disease doctor about the drug. |
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| | + | “He gave me all the reasons why I would probably not want to try it because there are no trials, there’s no testing, it was not something that was approved,” said Giardinieri. |
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| | + | “And I said, ‘look I don’t know if I’m going to make it until the morning,’ because at that point I really thought I was coming to the end because I couldn’t breathe anymore,” Giardinieri continued. |
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| | + | “He agreed and authorized the use of it and 30 minutes later the nurse gave it to me.” |
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| | + | After about an hour on an IV with the medicine, Giardinieri said it felt like his heart was beating out of his chest and, about two hours later, he had another episode where he couldn’t breathe. |
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| | + | He says he was given Benadryl and some other drugs and that when he woke up around 4:45 a.m., it was “like nothing ever happened.” |
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| | + | He’s since had no fever or pain and can breathe again. Giardinieri said doctors believe the episodes he experienced were not a reaction to the medicine but his body fighting off the virus.}} |
| | + | == French study == |
| | + | French researchers using a small sample size found a high cure rate by using a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin (an antibiotic):<ref>Gautret et al. (2020) Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of |
| | COVID‐19: results of an open‐label non‐randomized clinical trial. International Journal of | | COVID‐19: results of an open‐label non‐randomized clinical trial. International Journal of |
| | Antimicrobial Agents – In Press 17 March 2020 – DOI : 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949 [https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf]</ref> | | Antimicrobial Agents – In Press 17 March 2020 – DOI : 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949 [https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf]</ref> |