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Posted On: 09/25/2021 2:30:59 AM
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Leronlimab mentioned- among others- in the following Lifestyle.INQ article. (I believe it is the website for the Lifestyle Section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer):
Greco Belgica’s brush with death
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Physically fit at 43, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chair thought licking COVID would be a walk in the park. He was wrong.
Unorthodox treatment
Dr. Meth relayed the suggestions to Greco’s APs.
She told them that she is convinced the treatment regimen, though unorthodox, could help him improve and recover. She pleaded with them to give the regimen a try; and they obliged.
After 24 hours, there was not much improvement, and his oxygen level was precariously hanging in the critical zone, which indicated the need for intubation and assistance with a mechanical ventilator. But Greco remained mentally sharp and maintained his decision that he should not be intubated and isolated.
The group agreed that Greco’s condition, based on his serial arterial blood gases, was heading ominously toward severe to critical, and since intubation with mechanical ventilation was not an option, we had to make some bold moves with a now-or-never urgency.
It was clear that severe inflammation, no longer the virus itself, was the main problem at that point; and so, we decided to be aggressive with drugs that could help neutralize the inflammation.
We decided to give leronlimab, a new repurposed drug that has to be imported abroad. Ivermectin was increased to its maximum recommended dose in severe COVID; melatonin was likewise increased to the maximum dose of 600 milligrams in four divided doses (usual dose as a sleep aid is 1-3 mg); vitamin C was given at 100-gram infusions per day, and his intravenous steroid dose was also doubled.
Greco Belgica’s brush with death
____________________________________
Physically fit at 43, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chair thought licking COVID would be a walk in the park. He was wrong.
Unorthodox treatment
Dr. Meth relayed the suggestions to Greco’s APs.
She told them that she is convinced the treatment regimen, though unorthodox, could help him improve and recover. She pleaded with them to give the regimen a try; and they obliged.
After 24 hours, there was not much improvement, and his oxygen level was precariously hanging in the critical zone, which indicated the need for intubation and assistance with a mechanical ventilator. But Greco remained mentally sharp and maintained his decision that he should not be intubated and isolated.
The group agreed that Greco’s condition, based on his serial arterial blood gases, was heading ominously toward severe to critical, and since intubation with mechanical ventilation was not an option, we had to make some bold moves with a now-or-never urgency.
It was clear that severe inflammation, no longer the virus itself, was the main problem at that point; and so, we decided to be aggressive with drugs that could help neutralize the inflammation.
We decided to give leronlimab, a new repurposed drug that has to be imported abroad. Ivermectin was increased to its maximum recommended dose in severe COVID; melatonin was likewise increased to the maximum dose of 600 milligrams in four divided doses (usual dose as a sleep aid is 1-3 mg); vitamin C was given at 100-gram infusions per day, and his intravenous steroid dose was also doubled.
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