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>>> THE
>>> THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED THE COMBINATION OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND AZEMODRYSIN TO BE GAME
CHANGING.
CHANGING.
CHANGING. IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, A FEW
PEOPLE HAVE DIED TRYING TO TAKE
THESE DRUGS.
THESE DRUGS. ONE WAS AN ARIZONA MAN WHO
THOUGHT AQUARIUM CLEANER WITH
THE SAME NAME WAS THE DRUG.
A NEW CLINICAL TRIAL IS
UNDERWAY STUDYING THIS DRUG
COMBINATION IN NEW YORK.
9 HEALTH EXPERT DR. PAYAL KOHLI
JOINS US NOW.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS
COMBINATION?
COMBINATION? WHY ARE THESE DRUGS BEING
TESTED?
TESTED?
TESTED? DOES IT WORK?
>> Reporter: YEAH,
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS A
DERIVATIVE OF CHLOROQUINE.
WE GOT EXCITED ABOUT THESE
DRUGS BECAUSE IN THE TEST TUBE,
THEY ACTUALLY PREVENTED THE
VIRAL PARTICLES FROM
REPLICATING.
REPLICATING. AND WE HAD EARLY DATA OUT OF
FRANCE AND CHINA THAT SHOWED US
IN HUMAN BEINGS, WHO TAKE THESE
DRUGS THAT ARE INFECTED WITH
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE A DECREASE IN
THEIR VIRAL LOAD.
I REALLY CANNOT EMPHASIZE
ENOUGH HOW PRELIMINARY
ANECDOTAL, AND EARLY THIS DATA
IS.
IS.
IS. THIS
IS. THIS IS NOT RANDOMIZED DATA
WHICH WE AS DOCTORS CONSIDER
THE BEST HIGH QUALITY DATA OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THIS IS MORE KIND OF LIKE
CONFOUNDED DATA.
CONFOUNDED DATA. SO, IT IS ALMOST LIKE CASE
REPORTS TELLING US THAT THIS
MAY WORK.
MAY WORK.
MAY WORK. BUT, WHAT IT TELLS US IS THAT
THESE DRUGS NEED TO BE EXPLORED
FURTHER.
FURTHER.
FURTHER. AND IT IS NOTHING WE CAN HANG
OUR HAT UPON AT THIS TIME.
>> SO YOU WOULD SAY THE CURRENT
RECOMMENDATION IS WE HAVE TO
WAIT BEFORE TAKING THIS STUFF.
>> YEAH AND I WANT TO DRIVE
HOME THAT MESSAGE.
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MAINLY THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY, VERY ILL,
IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE
DISEASE LIKE A HAIL MARY, CAN
BE CONSIDERED CANDIDATES FOR
THIS DRUG.
THIS DRUG. AND, THE W. H. O. SAYS IT'S A
CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THE CDC SAYS ONLY FOR
HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS.
HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS. SO, THIS COMBINATION IS NOT FOR
PEOPLE TRYING TO PREVENT THE
INFECTION.
INFECTION. CERTAINLY NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO
THINK THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO THE INFECTION AND
THE DRUGS CARRY REAL RISK.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE CAN CAUSE
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA. KIDNEY DAMAGE, LUNG DAMAGE,
SEIZURES.
SEIZURES.
SEIZURES. THE SECOND PART IS IF WE START
USING THESE DRUGS FOR SOMETHING
IF WE DON'T KNOW WORKS WE WILL
DEPRIVE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM
FOR THEIR LUPUS, THEIR
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. >> MAKES SENSE.
WHENEVER YOU GO TO TARGET AND
THE GROCERY STORE AND DOWN THE
MEDICINE AISLE, ALL THE COLD
MEDICINE IS WIPED OUT.
IS THAT SMART?
IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
TAKING IF WE FEEL WE HAVE
SYMPTOMS RELATED TO COVID-19?
>> Reporter: YEAH, SO, COLD
MEDICINE IS ONLY FOR
SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF.
SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF. IT WILL NOT MAKE THE DURATION
OF THE ILLNESS SHORTER OR FIGHT
THE VIRAL INFECTION.
IT IS REALLY ONLY TO MAKE YOU
FEEL BETTER.
FEEL BETTER. SO, JUST LIKE WE DON'T REALLY
STOCK UP ON COLD MEDICINE FOR
THINGS LIKE THE FLU, WE DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED TO STOCKPILE
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE
SOMETHING ON HAND IF YOU DO GET
SICK.
SICK.
SICK. BUT, IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO
CLEAN OUT THE SHELVES BECAUSE
ALL WE ARE DOING IS KIND OF
CREATING DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS FOR
PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM AN
IMPACTING OUR ECONOMY.
AND SOME OF THESE DRUG PRICES
WILL START TO GO UP.
IF WE DON'T STOP THE BEHAVIOR.
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.
OKAY, DR. KOHLI, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT AS
ALWAYS.
ALWAYS.
ALWAYS. WE HAVE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I
HERE. I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE
MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19
AND THAT ANSWER VERY WELL COULD
ALREADY BE ON OUR FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS STORY.
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