Good News – Covid Treatments

July 22, 2020

Every time I write a blog about Covid, I think it is going to be the last ….and then it isn’t. As the weeks go by I get more and more calls about Covid and this week was no different. This week the calls, however, were about people having symptoms from Covid and wanting to know whether they should go to the hospital or not, ages 18-90! They are all still alive and getting better!

Covid can last actively for up to 24 days and often minor symptoms may turn into major symptoms dependent on age and medical problems. The name of the game in Covid treatment is: DO NOT WAIT TO GET or START TREATMENT!

Buy a finger pulse oximeter device. Amazon is a good place. The pulse oximeter device will let you know if your oxygenation is dropping even if you don’t feel it. If your pulse oxygenation is <94%. Call your MD and/or go to the nearest hospital.

You may feel like you are fine for up to 6 days after exposure and then you may start having symptoms of shortness of breath which can escalate quickly. So, before you get exposed, or the minute you get exposed, or the minute you have any symptoms, please start the “Covid Cocktail” outlined below. This cocktail was put together by critical care MD’s! Not me!! It is the first time I have seen vitamins listed as a first line treatment! Maybe Covid finally taught the doctors something we didn’t learn in nutrition class! I’m proud to present it to you:

Covid Treatment Cocktail:

- Vitamin C: 1000 – 3000 mg
- Zinc: 100 – 200 mg a day
- Quercetin: 1000 – 2000 mg a day
- Vit D3: 4000 – 10,000 units a day
- Melatonin low release. Start at 0.3 mg and increase to 2-12 mg at night

Optional:

- Baby aspirin 81-325 mg
- Famotidine: 40 mg a day
- Ivermectin: 200-300 mcg/kg one dose
- Hydroxychloroquine if you are on zinc

If hospitalized, ask for the MATH Protocol outlined by Covid 19 Critical Care MD’s

- Methylprednisolone, “This is a steroid responsive disease, however, timing is critical”
- Ascorbic acid (Vit C) IV
- Thiamin B1,
- Heparin
- Zinc, magnesium, melatonin, Vit D and famotidine
- Other medications used: Nitro patch, hydoxycholoroquine, ceftriaxone, azithromycin, albuterol, convalescent plasma and remdesivir.

A Critical Care MD working in a Pittsburgh ICU with Covid patients, said to me, “No one should die of Covid. If the storm is stopped, everyone survives. If the cytokine storm is allowed to continue more than 2 days, no one survives. Decadron is extremely important. It seems everyone waits too long to treat, but time is of the essence. I treat everyone with the full protocol even if they are only on 2 liters of Oxygen by nasal cannula. Overall Covid is not scary if it is treated early before any cytokine storm hits. My protocol is: MATH plus, nitro patch, hydroxychloroquine, antibiotics ceftriaxone and azithromycin, albuterol, interleukin 6 inhibitor‎-Tocilizumab, convalescent plasma (Covid antibodies from another person, and Remdesivir if we can get it.”

80% -90% of people positive for Covid positive will NOT need to be hospitalized.* 5% or less go to the ICU.

We are indeed fortunate to have treatments for Covid! Think about what I just wrote. We actually have treatments for Covid, unlike the flu! Russia just approved another anti-viral Avifavir to treat Covid-19.

We are so fortunate to know how to protect ourselves from Covid, and if we get Covid, we all should know the treatments available for our survival. What a blessing this is!

The fear of Covid is intense. It is time we see the silver lining of this disease and move on. We will all most probably be exposed to Covid, whether we know it or not. We also need not to isolate ourselves, but to develop immunity to the disease, especially now we know we all can survive with the right treatment delivered as soon as possible

Be happy, take every step you know to be healthy, start the “Covid Cocktail”, and be proud science has learned so much and figured out how to beat this virus.

Have a blessed and most awesome day. Dr D