as I understand it, HCQ helps to fight off whatever is attacking you through mobilizing zinc into the cells. I don't think it's considered an "anti-viral" per se.
Viruses are extremely nasty and weird little entities that are very, very hard to kill. Anti-viral medications are relatively new and also very expensive - sometimes thousands for a single dose, as remdesivir is said to be.
HCQ is very inexpensive, has been around in one form or another for literally a hundred years, and is very safe and well understood. If taken at the first symptoms, it's said to be very effective against the 'rona and if I should come down with it, the HCQ regimen is what I would want.
Yes, something like remdesivir is much more high-powered and tends to work better, afaik, if used for a patient who did not get treatment right away.
But a high-powered treatment also has the potential for high-powered side effects, so you have to balance risk vs. benefit as doctors always do. These new anti-virals are also extremely expensive, especially compared to the HCQ regimen.
And you're right about remdesivir not being used for outpatients - it is directed to be administered via IV in hospital:
as I understand it, HCQ helps to fight off whatever is attacking you through mobilizing zinc into the cells. I don't think it's considered an "anti-viral" per se.
Viruses are extremely nasty and weird little entities that are very, very hard to kill. Anti-viral medications are relatively new and also very expensive - sometimes thousands for a single dose, as remdesivir is said to be.
HCQ is very inexpensive, has been around in one form or another for literally a hundred years, and is very safe and well understood. If taken at the first symptoms, it's said to be very effective against the 'rona and if I should come down with it, the HCQ regimen is what I would want.
Yes, something like remdesivir is much more high-powered and tends to work better, afaik, if used for a patient who did not get treatment right away.
But a high-powered treatment also has the potential for high-powered side effects, so you have to balance risk vs. benefit as doctors always do. These new anti-virals are also extremely expensive, especially compared to the HCQ regimen.
And you're right about remdesivir not being used for outpatients - it is directed to be administered via IV in hospital:
https://www.remdesivir.com/us/dosing-administration/
Incorrect.