Claritin intrigued you but not zytec and Pepcid(antihistamine also) didn’t.
And this virus is so deadly that a antihistamine and/or antibiotic can prevent deaths in nursing homes with people in their 80’s and above in Spain.
Between March and April 2020, 84 elderly patients with suspected COVID-19 living in two nursing homes of Yepes, Toledo (Spain) were treated early with antihistamines (dexchlorpheniramine, cetirizine or loratadine), adding azithromycin in the 25 symptomatic cases. The outcomes are retrospectively reported.
Those are Zyrtec, Claritin and some euro antihistamine and a z pack.
The mean age of our population was 85 and 48% were over 80 years old. No hospital admissions, deaths, nor adverse drug effects were reported in our patient population. By the end of June, 100% of the residents had positive serology for COVID-19.
Is nobody in the west taking any cold medication when they get a positive test because it’s a coronavirus and not a “cold”? A simple antihistamine could save their lives even without the antibiotic if they don’t have too many other problems and start it soon, these people were 80+ and all survived. All you have to do is block the over reaction of the immune system(cytokine storm) which antihistamines do.
Spain study:
I didn't say the others didn't intrigue me either, but I was the most surprised by the claritin. Actually, I forgot Zyrtec was allergies too.
I continue wondering how they help , though, other than treating something that they have that is mistaken for covid.
Is nobody in the west taking any cold medication when they get a positive test because it’s a coronavirus and not a “cold”?
I've never before considered antihistamines as "cold medicine" rather than "allergy medicine"
All you have to do is block the over reaction of the immune system(cytokine storm) which antihistamines do.
Huh. I never knew antihistamines would prevent that. Good to know.
I was the most curious about claritin, btw, because I just take the generic version of it pretty regularly, between seasonal pollen/mold allergies, and being allergic to cats, but having a job that requires me to go into people's houses on a regular basis
Huh. I never knew antihistamines would prevent that. Good to know.
Allegra would work also it’s a third generation antihistamine, Claritin and Zyrtec are second and Benadryl is first. Pepcid is also a first generation. I don’t know the doses for Claritin, Zyrtec or Allegra but I’d imagine prescription strength taken as prescribed would be my first course of action, then would up it from there.
The doctor who wrote about a small study on Pepcid said 100mg but never specified whether it was once a day or every 8 hours. Pepcid works as an antihistamine and also helps block ace 2 binding of the spike protein.
When my relative has an allergic reaction it’s an Epi-pen, ER then home and takes Benadryl and 50mg of Pepcid every 8 hours as per the doctor for a few days.
All you have to do is prevent the cytokine storm and covid isn’t deadly, the same with the flu unless you get pneumonia but this helps prevent that and you can toss in sn antibiotic if need be.
Claritin won’t prevent it but can keep it from getting severe.
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