Probably a good idea to take a look at the papers Dr. James posted with regard to Indomethacin, as well. As the drug is used for arthritis (with which I have a history thanks to Hep C – hip replacements, spinal stenosis), obtaining a prescription though an online physician wasn’t a problem.

Not taking it currently, but now have a supply available for myself and my wife “just in case”.

From Dr. James letter it looks like Sof/Dac rather than Daclatasvir alone was used by the Iranians to cure SARS-CoV2 (Covid 19).

Have no idea what the going price is, but if I came down with Covid 19 symptoms again, having already tolerated generic DAA’s well during my Hep C treatment in 2016, I would most likely not hesitate to do so again.

Good to hear you were able to get a supply of Indomethacin

Still nothing reported about this in the US. But given the fact that like Hydroxycloroquine, it’s off patent and difficult for drug companies to charge a ransom for, its not surprising no one is writing about it.

With few exceptions, the politicized media here in the US is panning Hydroxycloroquine while extolling the virtues of Gileads expensive Ebola drug Remdesivir. You’d almost think they were on big pharma’s payroll

One interesting tidbit that’s come out is Covid 19’s clotting effect. Current thinking is that the ‘vampire virus’ (my term) inexplicably causes micro-clots which in turn block oxygen exchange in the lungs, and lead to sypmptoms like ‘Covid toes’, strokes, and organ failure.

Perhaps another reason why the NSAID Indomethacin (aside from powereful anti-viral properties) has promise in treating SARS-CoV2?

Sorry to hear things are so rough in the UK. Here, they’re actually getting pretty good results with HCQ.

And yes the political media WAS reporting that, and all manner of other nonsense, all the time, but that’s long debunked as it turns out one of the blind funds he’s invested in owns a $1,000 share of a company that produces the stuff.

Meanwhile Gilead is running commercials non-stop on the same outlets that ‘broke’ the now debunked story, so use your imagination as to the motivation for the dangerously flawed reporting.

We are also getting real news from a Stanford University study which found the actual rate of infection is between 50 to 85 times the numbers being reported. Because many don’t show symptoms, have no idea they’ve had the virus and widespread serological antibody testing is only now being rolled out, there is discussion that once all is said and done the actual mortality rate will prove to be much LOWER that current models predict, by orders of magnitude.

Common sense tells me that at the truly unprecedented rate this spreads, it’s already washed through large segments of the population, and while the mortality rates are no less alarming, they represent only a tiny fraction of those already exposed, infected, who are or were asymptomatic, and are now (or soon to be) immune.

If I’m right, we’re already closing in on a level of ‘herd immunity’. If not, it’ll be a rough ride for some time to come.

Either way, finding effective treatments for those who do get sick is imperative, and I’m really relieved Dr. James is leading the way on this.

Hope you’re wrong about immunity. For what its worth, the consensus among the talking heads with medical degrees here is that immunity will last a while. If not, it stands to reason that even the best vaccines will have a limited period of efficacy.

We are definitely hearing very positive numbers from physicians treating with HCQ. I didn’t even bother trying to get a prescription personally ( many of the docs here were hoarding it for themselves and their families), but did pick up high doseCinchona (natural quinine) while I was still sick.

In terms of continued mortality numbers, yes I agree. As of today the official count in the US is north of 47,000 and by tomorrow or the next day, we’ll easily surpass 50K.

From all accounts a vaccine is still a year or so out, so here’s hoping the tools we already have work!

You know – and I’m sure my experience isn’t at all unique – when I decided I wasn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer and simply allow the system to determine my worthiness to live or die from Hep C, a light went on. And, it’s stayed on.

I will never again take ‘no’ for an answer.

“Can do”, or “can’t do” in a connected world is a completely false choice. I sought out Fix HepC because I understand this, and you sought out Fix Hep C for the same reason. James Freeman knows “can’t do” is a false construct, and literally lives, and embodies the spirit of “Can Do”.

If there’s a cure, a better way, he’ll set out to find it, and share it with the entire world when he does.

I rather suspect that your PM didn’t recover on Oxygen therapy alone, but things being as they are, if whatever allowed him to emerge alive on the other side of this plague wasn’t immediately available to everyone, he’d have been tarred and feathered, and run out of office on a rail as an ‘elite’.

Hopefully, whatever that was will make its way very soon into the public health system.

Thanks for the kind words, dointime

As for your PM’s treatment, that’s just my theory. Could well be wrong.

I also suspect the US President, Vice President, and not a few of the cabinet are on prophylactic HCQ, and maybe other things. But once again, that’s just conjecture on my part.

Anything besides Remdesivir( with which our media in the US is currently infatuated – because Pharma $$$), is being hyper politicized. A shame, really.

I’m grateful we have Dr. James in our corner, the opportunity to learn about promising new treatments, and to carry on a frank and productive discussion here . What a wonderful thing!

Be well my friend!