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== Hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus == | == Hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus == | ||
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows hydroxychloroquine to be used as an off-label coronavirus treatment. | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows hydroxychloroquine to be used as an off-label coronavirus treatment. | ||
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According to the website ResearchGate.net: "Several studies have reported that zinc has a broad-spectrum antiviral activity against a variety of viruses. Increased intracellular Zinc concentrations inhibit RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and other proteins essential for the completion of different phases of the virus life cycle. Further, zinc also helps to maintain robust immune responses by producing cytokine and by modulation of immune cell activity."<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_a_combo_of_chloroquine_and_Zinc_a_cure_for_coronavirus Is a combo of chloroquine and Zinc a cure for coronavirus?]</ref> | According to the website ResearchGate.net: "Several studies have reported that zinc has a broad-spectrum antiviral activity against a variety of viruses. Increased intracellular Zinc concentrations inhibit RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and other proteins essential for the completion of different phases of the virus life cycle. Further, zinc also helps to maintain robust immune responses by producing cytokine and by modulation of immune cell activity."<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_a_combo_of_chloroquine_and_Zinc_a_cure_for_coronavirus Is a combo of chloroquine and Zinc a cure for coronavirus?]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 06:48, March 29, 2020
Hydroxychloroqine (C18H26ClN3O), also known as hydroxychloroquine sulfate and HCQ, is a drug sold under the name Plaquenil.[1] It has been used by the doctor Vladimir Zelenko as a part of successful treatment for coronavirus and was recommended for such by President Trump (Dr. Zelenko also used antiobiotics and zinc as a part of his treatments to his patients).[2]
See also: Vladmir Zelenko's coronavirus treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows hydroxychloroquine to be used as an off-label coronavirus treatment.
According to WebMD.com: "The practice, called 'off-label" prescribing, is entirely legal and very common. More than one in five outpatient prescriptions written in the U.S. are for off-label therapies."[3]
Hydroxychloroquine allows zinc to penetrate the cellular wall to a larger degree.[4] Zinc is an antiviral.[5]
According to the website ResearchGate.net: "Several studies have reported that zinc has a broad-spectrum antiviral activity against a variety of viruses. Increased intracellular Zinc concentrations inhibit RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and other proteins essential for the completion of different phases of the virus life cycle. Further, zinc also helps to maintain robust immune responses by producing cytokine and by modulation of immune cell activity."[6]
References
- ↑ Plaquenil Uses, etc. - Drugs.com
- ↑ Marchione, Marilynn (March 23, 2020). 'Game changer'? Trump-touted malaria drugs spur hope, shortages. Washington Times. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ↑ Off-Label Drug Use: What You Need to Know
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Is a combo of chloroquine and Zinc a cure for coronavirus?
- ↑ Is a combo of chloroquine and Zinc a cure for coronavirus?