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On Friday, US President Donald Trump was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus. Later that night, Swedish time, he was airlifted to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda. The president must have had a mild fever and cough at the time, according to The New York Times.
In a statement, Donald Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley, said that the president is now being treated with three drugs for covid-19. These include the approved antiviral drug remdesivir, which inhibits the multiplication of the virus in the body. Treatment is usually given to patients admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems and pneumonia, says Anders Sönnerborg.
– Now Trump is at a very early stage and there are no studies on the value of belt derivatives. On the other hand, it can be said that, in theory, it is probably more valuable to give treatment early because the multiplication of the virus is greatest during the first five days, says Anders Sönnerborg.
– You really don’t know the effect, but personally I think it seems reasonable to give him the treatment, he says.
Anders Sönnerborg, professor of clinical virology and infectious diseases at Karolinska Institutet.
Photo: Stefan Zimmerman / TT
In Sweden, belt straps are given in drop form half an hour a day for five days. The fact that the treatment is not used earlier in the process is due in part to the fact that the infection is usually not detected as early as in Donald Trump’s case, and in part to the Swedish availability of the drug, says Anders Sönnerborg .
– As Trump and the US bought most of the world’s belt depot stocks earlier this summer, we can’t afford to be able to treat patients early.
At Walter Reed Hospital, the president is also being treated with famotodine, a well-established drug for acid reflux. In test tubes, the substance has also been shown to prevent coronavirus from entering the cells of the body.
– I want to emphasize that this is in test tubes. It has not yet been shown to have any clinical effect in humans at all, but studies are ongoing. At the same time, famotodine has no major side effects, so there are no major risks of taking it. But I wouldn’t give it anyway. It feels unnecessary, says Anders Sönnerborg.
The third drugRegeneron’s rain cov2 is still in the testing phase and is not approved by the US Drug Administration The treatment is a cocktail of two different man-made antibodies given to increase the body’s resistance to the virus.
– Antibodies enter the bloodstream and tissues and bind to the virus that has not yet entered cells. In this way, the virus is neutralized. You could say he’s murdered, says Anders Sönnerborg.
It highlights that the drug has not yet undergone clinical trials. Since there is no data, it is also difficult to comment on rain-cov2.
– We only have the press release of the company to continue. They show that the amount of virus decreases if the cocktail is taken very early, before the body’s own antibodies are formed. They claim that patients get rid of symptoms faster. Those who received the treatment became asymptomatic after seven days compared to thirteen for those who received placebo. But from a clinical scientific perspective, it is not clear if it works.
If he himself had been The president’s doctor, would have been content with remdesivir treatment.
– As long as your liver and kidneys are fine. You have to be a little careful, especially with people who are beginning to age.
While several of the treatments have not been tested, there are also no studies on how they affect each other. Without clinical studies, it cannot be ruled out that the combination of the preparations has a negative effect on the individual drug, according to Anders Sönnerborg. That doctors continue to invest in comprehensive treatment, he believes has to do with the ongoing election campaign.
– This is probably a way of trying to suppress the virus as much as possible in the hope of avoiding a serious infection. If symptoms subside quickly, you may still be active before the election. In my opinion, if he gets pneumonia, he will go away for the rest of the season, he says.
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