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[TripleBlack]

Drug used to originally fight malaria showing promise in treating coronavirus, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation says

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – According to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, scientists are now testing both existing and experimental therapies to see if any are effective in treating COVID-19.
Currently, there is no vaccine for coronavirus.
Among the drugs being tested are new and existing antiviral therapies.
OMRF says a drug that’s been in use for more than a half-century is showing promise: chloroquine phosphate. The drug was originally developed to fight malaria.

“It’s also been shown to be very effective in treating patients who have autoimmune diseases like lupus,” said Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Clinical Affairs at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. “We use it to treat hundreds of lupus patients at OMRF.”

In China, researchers tested the drug in a multicenter clinical trial to treat pneumonia associated with COVID-19. Preliminary results indicate that the drug appears to show some efficacy as a therapy.

“When malaria gets inside a cell, if you change the pH with a drug like chloroquine phosphate, the malaria can’t live,” said James, an immunologist and rheumatologist. “The same goes for a virus like COVID-19. If you change the pH, the virus cannot assemble, and if it can’t assemble, it can’t infect you.”

James explained that repurposing existing medications is often the fastest path to treating those infected by the virus in a novel way.

“That would be really exciting, because it’s a drug that already has FDA approval, and it is readily available,” she said. “If it works, it might treat COVID-19 almost instantly.”


Lots more info on Twitter

[LilRedCorvette]

Great news, if true

[TripleBlack]

Yeah, wonder how many Gin and Tonics it takes to equal an effective dose.



Fingers crossed.

[Dan Dlabay]

Hope and pray it works so life can get back to normal.

[C3C7NIC]

Originally Posted by TripleBlack

Drug used to originally fight malaria showing promise in treating coronavirus, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation says

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – According to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, scientists are now testing both existing and experimental therapies to see if any are effective in treating COVID-19.
Currently, there is no vaccine for coronavirus.
Among the drugs being tested are new and existing antiviral therapies.
OMRF says a drug that’s been in use for more than a half-century is showing promise: chloroquine phosphate. The drug was originally developed to fight malaria.

“It’s also been shown to be very effective in treating patients who have autoimmune diseases like lupus,” said Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Clinical Affairs at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. “We use it to treat hundreds of lupus patients at OMRF.”

In China, researchers tested the drug in a multicenter clinical trial to treat pneumonia associated with COVID-19. Preliminary results indicate that the drug appears to show some efficacy as a therapy.

“When malaria gets inside a cell, if you change the pH with a drug like chloroquine phosphate, the malaria can’t live,” said James, an immunologist and rheumatologist. “The same goes for a virus like COVID-19. If you change the pH, the virus cannot assemble, and if it can’t assemble, it can’t infect you.”

James explained that repurposing existing medications is often the fastest path to treating those infected by the virus in a novel way.

“That would be really exciting, because it’s a drug that already has FDA approval, and it is readily available,” she said. “If it works, it might treat COVID-19 almost instantly.”


Lots more info on Twitter

Yep, this has been confirmed. As it will take over a year to mass produce vaccines for the entire population of the world...... hope this is our answer!

[RMVette]

Originally Posted by LilRedCorvette

Great news, if true

[Mike Mercury]

I know someone already taking that - for other health issues. Intewresting if they end up immune from the latest flu virus.