>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THIS MORNING. WE WANT TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION ABOUT WHEN AND WHO
SHOULD SEEK OUT MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODY TREATMENT AFTER
SOMEONE HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH
COVID-19 OR EXPOSED TO SOMEONE
WHO HAS IT.
DOCTORS HAVE SAID IT CAN LOWER
YOUR RISK OF DYING FROM
COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS AND
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT’S ALSO PROVEN TO HELP REDUCE
YOUR RISK OF GETTING THE VIRUS
IF SOMEONE IN YOUR HOME HAS
ALREADY
TESTED POSITIVE TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS TREATMENT IS DOCTOR
CHILD LUKA COULD
2 GUY AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DOCTOR WITH BAPTIST HEALTH
JOINING US VIA ZOOM THIS
MORNING, GOOD MORNING, THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE BASED ON
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE
HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM OUR
VIEWERS AND FROM
THE COMMUNITY. IT APPEARS THAT
THERE IS STILL CONFUSION
BECAUSE THIS IS FAIRLY NEW WHEN
IT COMES TO COVID-19 TREATMENT
AND I’D LOVE TO CLEAR
THAT UP SO WOULD YOU EXPLAIN
HOW DOES THIS MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODY TREATMENT WORK.
ABSOLUTELY SO. >> WHEN ARE EXPOSED TO A VIRUS OR A PATHOGEN AT
PEOPLE MAKE
NATURAL ANTIBODIES. WE MAY NOT
HAVE NATURAL ANTIBODIES YET TO
A NEW VIRUS LIKE
COVID SO WHAT MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES ARE ANTIBODIES THAT
ARE DERIVED IN A LABORATORY
THAT WILL HELP.
FIGHT COVID ONES WHO ALREADY
HAVE IT. THEY ARE ANTIBODIES
THAT TARGET THE SPIKE PROTEIN
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> SO
GIVEN THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES
LET’S SAY TO THE DOWNTOWN
LIBRARY ON WHICH IS OFFERING
THIS TREATMENT TO THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT IN
TERMS OF HOW THEY WOULD BE
TREATED IS THIS IVY RELATED IS
THIS HE RECEIVED SHOTS.
>> SO BEFORE WE USED
TO GIVE IT AS INFUSIONS BUT NOW
MOST OF THE LOCATIONS AND AT
FLORIDA IN JACKSONVILLE GIVE IT
AS A
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION. SO YOU
WOULD EXPECT FOR SHOTS AND IT
WOULD BE FASTER THAN I MEAN
FUSION WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT AT
LEAST OUR BAPTISTE INFUSION
CENTER IS AROUND AN HOUR AND A
HALF SO YOU WOULD GO IN YOU
WOULD GET SCREENED YOU GET THE
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS AND THEN YOU’D BE MONITORED FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU DON’T HAVE A
REACTION TO THE
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HOW OFTEN I
MEAN HOW NEW IS THIS I KNOW
IT’S BEEN USED TO TREAT OTHER
CONDITIONS BUT I HOW CERTAIN
ARE YOU IN TERMS OF SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> SO WE SO FIRST
OF ALL THIS ISN’T A NEW
TREATMENT BY ANY MEANS AND EVEN
FOR CORONAVIRUS IT’S IT’S NOT
ACTUALLY A NEW TREATMENT.
WE DO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT NOW TO
GIVE TO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC
WHICH IS WHY EVERYONE IS
HEARING MORE OF IT SIDE EFFECTS
ARE RARE. SO YOU CAN HAVE
ANAPHYLAXIS BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE
BEING MONITORED AT THE INFUSION
CENTER THEY GET IT OTHER SIDE
EFFECTS ARE NOT THE ENTIRE
AREA. RASH GREATEST AND MAYBE
DIZZINESS BUT AT WHERE VERY
CONFIDENT IF YOU GIVE IT
PROPERLY THAT I’M IT A
SAFE AND AND URGENCY AUTHORIZED
DRIVE BY
THE FDA. YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY
SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT IF SOMEONE
IS HOSPITALIZED EXCEPT FOR
SOME EXCEPTIONS AND IF THEY ARE
ON OXYGEN OR MEETING HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF OXYGEN. SO IF YOU
GET IN THE WRONG SETTING IN
THAT SETTING THEN THERE COULD
POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES AND SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE WINDOW
IN WHICH ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL.
>> SURE SO THIS IS AN EARLY
TREATMENT FOR MILD TO MODERATE
AT COVID-19. SO YOU SHOULD
GO UP TRYING TO GET IT SOON
AFTER YOU TEST POSITIVE AND OUR
WINDOW IS 10 DAYS AFTER
SYMPTOM ONSET.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND WHAT IF
SOMEONE IS HAS A BREAKTHROUGH
CASE THEY’VE BEEN VACCINATED
AGAINST
COVID-19. THEY’RE EXPOSED THEY
TEST POSITIVE SHOULD THEY
RECEIVE THIS TREATMENT AS WELL
DO THEY NEED IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND YOU CAN IT
DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU ARE BIG
BREAKTHROUGH CASE VACCINATED OR
NOT YOU CAN STILL GET
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENTS
IF
HAVE COVID.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE DOCTOR IF THE IF YOU
COULD EXPLAIN IS SOMEONE
RECEIVES A POSITIVE TEST AND
THEY START FEELING REALLY
POORLY AND THEY’RE WITHIN THAT
10 DAY WINDOW, WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE IN GOING TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT OR
GOING
TO MONOCLONAL WHAT SHOULD THEY
WHAT’S KIND OF SYMPTOMS WOULD
THEY BE EXPERIENCING THAT
SHOULD DO DIRECT THEM IN ONE
DIRECTION AS OPPOSED TO
THE OTHER.
>> SURE SO MILD TO MODERATE
COVID MEANS THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THE SYMPTOMS
OF COVID FEVER AND CHILLS BODY
ACHES THAT LOSS OF TASTE AND
SMELL, BUT YOU DON’T
NECESSARILY HAVE THE SHIP
SEVERE SHORTNESS
OF BREATH WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU
TO NEED EXTRA OXYGEN, SO YOU
MAY EVEN HAVE A LOWER
RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
WHICH IS MODERATE DISEASE, BUT
YOU DON’T NEED
THE OXYGEN. WHEN WE DIRECT
PATIENTS TO AN E R INSTEAD
OF A FUSION CENTER IS IF THEY
NEED IF THEY EXPERIENCE
SOMETHING CALLED SEVERE JUST
YET THEY’RE HAVING A LOT OF
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, ESPECIALLY
AT REST IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY
TO TAKE A PULSE OXIMETRY
READING IF YOU’RE READING IS
LESS THAN 90%.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER
SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS THAT THERE
MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT BLOOD
FLOW AND OXYGEN TO
VITAL ORGANS. YOUR BODY,
INCLUDING YOUR BRAIN TO YOUR
HYPO
10 SAID IF YOUR FINGERS AND
FEET GET BLUE
OR PURPLE AND IF YOU HAVE SOME
CHEST PAIN WHICH COULD SIGNIFY
A HEART ATTACK OR IF YOU’RE NOT
URINATING WELL AS COULD SIGNIFY
THAT THERE’S NOT ENOUGH LOAD
YOUR KIDNEYS. SO REALLY
THE BIG BIG AND DETERMINE AND
AT THE ARBOR SAYS OUTPATIENT
WOULD BE THAT DEGREE OF OXYGEN
THAT
YOU NEED.