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TO THE HOSPITAL: Donald Trump has arrived at the Walter Reed Military Hospital, where he will spend the next few days. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump was hospitalized. He is now receiving treatment with various corona medications.
Just before 12:25 a.m. Norway time, Donald Trump left the White House and boarded the Marine One helicopter. Just over five minutes later, he landed at Walter Reed Military Hospital.
On the way to the helicopter, Trump gave a thumbs-up to the press corps and the employees who followed him. He did not stop to answer questions.
Shortly after landing in the hospital, Trump posted a video on Twitter – check out the video below!
– I want to thank everyone for the enormous support. I’m going to Walter Reed Hospital. I think it is going very well, but we will make sure that everything goes well. The first lady is doing very well. Thank you very much, I will never forget it. Thank you, Trump says in the video.
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From the hospital, Trump updated his followers on Twitter with a message at 5.30am on Saturday morning:
– It’s going well, I think! Thank you all. LOVE!!!
Exhausted
The president of the United States has mild symptoms. His doctor, Sean P. Conley, said a few hours before it was announced that Trump would be taken to the hospital.
According to the White House, he will go there to be sure. He’s exhausted, but in a good mood, according to Trump’s doctor.
On Saturday morning, the White House writes in a press release that the president is receiving treatment with the drug Remdesivir, which can shorten the course of the disease by up to six days, according to the Norwegian Medicines Agency.
Trump hastily approved the drug in May.
The president also received a single eight-gram dose of the drug Regeneron, his doctor claims.
Antibody cocktail
Regeneron is a treatment that consists of a cocktail of antibodies against covid-19.
Antibodies are intended to mimic the antibodies that the body itself produces to fight disease.
The drug is made by extracting antibodies from infected people and then synthetically reproducing them.
The company behind the drug emphasizes on its website that the drug is being tested.
– Regulatory authorities have not fully evaluated safety and efficacy, Regeneron writes.
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THUMB UP: Trump on his way to the helicopter that took him to the hospital. Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFP
– Promising results
– It is a new drug and still in development, but there are promising results that need to be further tested, says epidemiologist and head of the Research Council, John-Arne Røttingen to VG.
The drug is not approved, but it can be given in research studies or as an experimental treatment if the patient consents.
– I understand in the context of your job title and position that you want to maximize your chances of not becoming seriously ill.
The president’s doctor claims that Trump has also been given zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin.
Famotidine is often used for stomach acid and is sold in the US without a prescription:
– It is a drug that is being tested for corona treatment. There have been some reports indicating that it may have a positive effect on covid-19, says Røttingen.
Here’s the press release from Donald Trump’s doctor. Photo: CASA BLANCA / X00603
– It does not have an established place in the treatment of covid-19
According to Arne Broch Brantsæter, chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Oslo University Hospital, there are studies that suggest that having high levels of vitamin D may be beneficial for the course.
of covid-19.
– But we do not know enough whether it is useful to give vitamin D when you get sick, says Brantsæter to VG.
Regeneron’s drug consists of a combination of several antibodies that have been shown to reduce the amount of virus, but so far this is considered a trial treatment and does not have an established place in the treatment of COVID-19, according to the superior. .
– Remdesivir has been shown to shorten the course of the disease in patients who are hospitalized for a few days, but it has not shown an effect on mortality, says Brantsæter.
