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GumboYaYa

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47. It seems like the two places we are honing in on for therapies are
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 02:47 PM
Mar 2020

keeping the virus from connecting via the ACE receptors and stopping the action of the RdRP once the messenger RNA gets into the cell to limit virus production.

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Since malaria was so deadly, the trade off Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #1
My father had malaria CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #3
It's almost like you shouldn't take advice from blowhards.... RockRaven Mar 2020 #2
Governor Cuomo said the trials begin Tuesday jimfields33 Mar 2020 #53
Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #4
B.S. CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #5
Another one... lamp_shade Mar 2020 #13
Spot on, doctors are prescribing the drug now and not waiting on the FDA. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #23
Wrong jpak Mar 2020 #30
This article is nonsense. A french doctor got positive results with 60 mcgs daily. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #6
+100 Spot on! abqtommy Mar 2020 #7
Do you know the answer to any of these questions? lunasun Mar 2020 #9
It is not related to quinlone type medicines. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #21
This is interesting GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #28
Thank you for your answers. I appreciate your time lunasun Mar 2020 #36
My ex has lupus, Mendocino Mar 2020 #40
You keep posting this but I think you are wrong Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #16
I am basing it on this article GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #19
I cannot get the article. Can you tell me the dosing regimin? Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #22
600 mcgs a day for 10 days. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #24
I saw the Korean article Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #26
That is still a TINY dose Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #32
I agree. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #33
I saw reports of SARs and MERs Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #35
Agreed, I really hope it works at that dosage. GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #37
Here is some information on why people think the drug is good for use in Covid-19 GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #25
Sorry, you are correct, it is 600mcgs GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #20
We have 500 mg once a week MuseRider Mar 2020 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2020 #29
Thanks DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #43
You would think they would have already known about the potential problems given the drugs age. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #8
Of course they knew! CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #10
Hard lesson to learn: don't do ANYTHING the Orange Oaf tells you Warpy Mar 2020 #11
A safe bet would be to do the opposite of what he suggests. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #14
An antimalaria drugs which is also an "antiviral" is amantidine King_Klonopin Mar 2020 #12
I believe chloroquine interfered with sites on ACE2 Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #17
A rheumatologist who was on MSNBC DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #44
This is from SARs, not SARs-2 Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #45
Afaik DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #46
It seems like the two places we are honing in on for therapies are GumboYaYa Mar 2020 #47
Trump said it was approved for #coronavirus, But it is NOT.... he jumped to conclusions. riversedge Mar 2020 #15
He tweeted about it again this morning DesertRat Mar 2020 #27
Oh, good! thecrow Mar 2020 #49
I used to take chloroquine daily to prevent and treat malaria when I was in West Africa Nitram Mar 2020 #18
it's been a God send for malaria. evertonfc Mar 2020 #31
So do I CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #41
A military veteran caller on Thom Hartmann stated... RealityChik Mar 2020 #34
Thank you for your post CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #42
If it's so good, I suggest POTUS and pals all take it as a helper/pre-caution? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #38
Trump only knows how to kill things. n/t captain jack Mar 2020 #39
Is the world taking medical advice from a realtor and a car salesman? n/t TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #50
Deadly schmeddly hangaleft Mar 2020 #51
A toxicologist explains why this drug shouldn't be used for CV: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #52
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