A study at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found that the FDA-approved drug Tricor could clear the lungs of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 within five days, according to the Jerusalem Post. Tricor helps reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.
The researchers have found that novel coronavirus prevents the body from burning carbohydrates routinely. That results in fat accumulating in the lungs. The virus needs those fat cells to reproduce. Tricor caused the cells in the lungs to start burning fat and the virus stopped reproducing.
Tricor belongs to a class of drugs called fibrates that reduce fatty acid in the blood. People with liver disease or gall bladder disease are warned not to take the drug on a regular basis, but tests indicated the drug would be needed for less than a week to treat COVID-19.
The study is advancing to the next level of clinical trials, since the drug is already proven safe.
— David Taffet
So does this mean people who are on keto would be immune to the virus?
No, because even on keto our body produces glucose from proteins and fat. Otherwise, we would die.
You might be on to something. They should see if people on Keto are less severe cases of Covid-19. It also suggests that for people with Covid-19, they should eliminate carbs.
Will Tri-Cor prevent the infectious corona virus? I have taken tri-cor for years to reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Do these three drugs together listed as Tri-cor give immunity ?
My brother age 57 was sick w Covid 19. Fever for 18 days. Hospitalized for 6 days and on oxygen. Finally doctors treated him w hydroxyl chloroquine and he improved immensely over the next couple of days. Moved out of icu and in 3 days went home to fully recover. I called him daily and I could tell it helped as he was able to talk more and breathe better each day following this treatment. He was going down hill and this drug changed that. This is a fact.
I’m glad your brother has recovered. Anecdotal evidence like this can lead to conclusions that don’t prove true under scientific scrutiny.
It’s only natural to assume that Hydroxychloroquine was the reason for your brother’s recovery based on your experience. The scientific method is a proven way of determining safety and efficacy of medications under strictly controlled study, and so the scientific evidence over a large controlled group is a much more reliable way of determining treatment options that work. It’s frustrating I know.
It could easily be that your brother would have recovered similarly , or even more quickly, without Hydroxychloroquine, or with a placebo.
Imagine if they had placed a lucky rabbit’s foot near your brother just as he had started to recover. The obvious conclusion might be that the rabbit’s foot caused the recovery when in fact he was destined to recover regardless of the rabbit’s foot.
In your opinion Hydroxychloroquine helped your brother recover. On the basis of intense scientific study, it probably had no effect on the outcome and he’s fortunate it didn’t cause him any apparent harm.
Research scientists have no motivation to band together and report data and conclusions that are not true. You need to be skeptical of scientific reports, as not all studies are created equal. But This article offers very clear scientific evidence that
Hydroxychloroquine Is not a safe or effective treatment option. I’ll put my trust in solid scientific findings over anecdotal evidence any day.
Sadly, even though thousands of doctors agreed, and many known cases recovered after taking Hydroxychloroquine, when the President touted it’s effectiveness, the media couldn’t wait to not only downplay it’s possibilities, but in some states doctors were asked to stop prescribing it. A lot of doctors are still saying (although quietly), that it is a great tool if used early on. Those same doctors have added the help of nebulizers and some also are using blood thinners (since Covid is known to create blood clots. The huge study done on the once highly recommended drug, was added to all Medical publications and plastered everywhere as to the severity of damages it could incur. Now, we know the huge drug study was a sham. It has been withdrawn, along with being shown it was severely flawed along with the negative results being pushed by a Pharma group. The Pharma groups want an expensive Vaccine, of course. Several doctors have admitted to pushing a theory that has been shown to be incorrect and supposedly some were going to lose their license, but I won’t hold my breath that will happen. After all that commotion, and after it being proven over and over that only a tiny percentage of people taking the drug Hydroxychloroquine experienced morbidity issues, now, it is thought of as the drug that has been proved to be super scary. If I were to get Covid19, I’ll be looking for a doctor that will prescribe it – especially in the very beginning, before breathing becomes so labored.
Every scientifically sound study has shown that Hydroxychloroquine is not effective in treating COVID-19. Simply claiming it is does not make it so.
Let me guess….you’re a democrat.
A substantial new study has found that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helped patients survive COVID-19. In fact, the study from the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan said the drug “significantly” cut the death rate of patients.
“Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects,” the health organization reports.
The Henry Ford study has been shown to be substantially flawed, making its results untrustworthy. EVERY scientifically sound study has shown