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What kind of oral treatment is possible? Albuterol?

by tcbawo 7y ago

bdcravens 7y ago
Sorry, I used the shortened version of the term without considering how it sounded. Oral antibiotics.
- cthalupa 7y ago
  Why would antibiotics be given for a viral infection?
  - DanBC 7y ago
    To treat the secondary bacterial pneumonia that some people get.
    - cthalupa 7y ago
      I can't find any references to covid 19 inducing bacterial pnuemonia in patients, and many references to it being induced by the virus itself and not responding to antibiotic treatment, e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462030044 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462... https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-traits-help-id-and-distinguish-virus https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-trai... https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext It also doesn't seem to match what we are seeing about how it is basically only the severe cases that end up with pneumonia - the ones even less likely to end up self quarantining and taking medication while remaining at home.
      - DanBC 7y ago
        https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-what-happens-to-peoples-lungs-when-they-get-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-wh... > How can the pneumonia be treated? > Prof Christine Jenkins, chair of Lung Foundation Australia and a leading respiratory physician, told Guardian Australia: “Unfortunately, so far we don’t have anything that can stop people getting Covid-19 pneumonia. > “People are already trialling all sorts of medications and we’re hopeful that we might discover that there are various combinations of viral and anti-viral medications that could be effective. At the moment there isn’t any established treatment apart from supportive treatment, which is what we give people in intensive care. > “We ventilate them and maintain high oxygen levels until their lungs are able to function in a normal way again as they recover.” > Wilson says patients with viral pneumonia are also at risk of developing secondary infections, so they would also be treated with anti-viral medication and antibiotics.

What kind of oral treatment is possible? Albuterol?

by tcbawo 7y ago

What kind of oral treatment is possible? Albuterol?

bdcravens 7y ago

Sorry, I used the shortened version of the term without considering how it sounded. Oral antibiotics.

cthalupa 7y ago
Why would antibiotics be given for a viral infection?
- DanBC 7y ago
  To treat the secondary bacterial pneumonia that some people get.
  - cthalupa 7y ago
    I can't find any references to covid 19 inducing bacterial pnuemonia in patients, and many references to it being induced by the virus itself and not responding to antibiotic treatment, e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462030044 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462... https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-traits-help-id-and-distinguish-virus https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-trai... https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext It also doesn't seem to match what we are seeing about how it is basically only the severe cases that end up with pneumonia - the ones even less likely to end up self quarantining and taking medication while remaining at home.
    - DanBC 7y ago
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-what-happens-to-peoples-lungs-when-they-get-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-wh... > How can the pneumonia be treated? > Prof Christine Jenkins, chair of Lung Foundation Australia and a leading respiratory physician, told Guardian Australia: “Unfortunately, so far we don’t have anything that can stop people getting Covid-19 pneumonia. > “People are already trialling all sorts of medications and we’re hopeful that we might discover that there are various combinations of viral and anti-viral medications that could be effective. At the moment there isn’t any established treatment apart from supportive treatment, which is what we give people in intensive care. > “We ventilate them and maintain high oxygen levels until their lungs are able to function in a normal way again as they recover.” > Wilson says patients with viral pneumonia are also at risk of developing secondary infections, so they would also be treated with anti-viral medication and antibiotics.