https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/coronavirus-drugs-fda-162411
The Food and Drug Administration’s
rush to greenlight unproven malaria medicines to fight the coronavirus
may derail clinical trials of other potential cures for the deadly
virus.
Right now, dozens of potential
therapies — from antivirals to antibodies taken from the blood of
coronavirus survivors — are being tested in people. The first results
from these studies could come within months if drugmakers enroll the
thousands of patients needed to complete the research.
But with the malaria drugs chloroquine
and hydroxychloroquine available by prescription from any doctor, and
the president touting them as coronavirus treatments at his daily
briefings, enlisting volunteers to enroll in clinical trials of other
potential therapies may be a tough sell.
Cinnamon is the cure.
ReplyDeleteThese experimental drugs, not proven cures.
ReplyDeleteIn a situation where Chas vshalom, somebody is seriously ill, there are 2 possible courses of treatment: 1) standard medical treatment , eg ventilator, and 2) experimental drugs /clinical trials.
There is no option to wait 5 -10 years for proven drugs. If there is a 50/50 chance of dying under 1), most reasonable people would opt for 2), experimental drugs.