Relative in hospital with covid pneumonia. Last day of remdesevir use tomorrow and then only dealing with inflammation. High flow O2 70% environment decreased to 40% environment. Has anyone dealt with this before? Please any advice is helpful. This seems like a good sign but would like to know about similar experiences thank you.
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We know. But needs to be able to breathe. Everyone saying ‘get out of hospital’ isn’t thinking straight on how O2 is needed because of the infection. Infection is gone and now lungs super enflamed and using steroids. But does have one more protocol dose of remdesevir. Yes remdesevir isn’t the best but when life is threatened and they tel you no alternatives then it gets fucking annoying
When I was discharged from hospital last year after going through a rough case of covid, I was prescribed an oxygen concentrator machine for home use. It could be setup to provide between 0 And 5 (possibly more) liters of oxygen.
For the inflammation, you may also want to consider turmeric supplements encapsulated.
Remdesivir has a statistically high chance of damaging the patients kidneys and liver. I am not certain how the timeline works for all cases, but generally, the kidney shutdown seems to be fairly acute and within a short timespan of the original coarse of treatment. The liver damage is made apparent within the first year after coarse of treatment.
I hope your loved one pulls through with minimal to no side effects from the hospital administered "treatment protocol".
I don't actually know one way or another on whether NAC or Glutathione would heal the liver.
I have heard that both are used by your body to support and increase your immune system function. However, I don't know whether that is the only way it helps in the body. It may have other impacts, but I'm just not knowledgeable enough on those two chemical supplements to give further comment.
Having gone through Covid myself, I do know that reducing inflammation, which often has to do with your immune response to the infection your body is trying to clear, was basically what I was dealing with. I had declined remdesivir and received IV dexamethasone, IV antibiotics (it was probably vancomycin), fluids, IV vitamin C, and zinc (oral) and oxygen generally at 3 liters. I also have moderate asthma, and my sats were mid 80s off oxygen when they were working on my discharge orders. That's why I received an oxygen concentrator machine which I used at home for about a month after discharge.
Nebulizer with Albuterol works.
This is what I used - sometimes twice a day - when I had COVID before we knew there was a COVID. It helped a lot, but took weeks to wean off of it.
Oh well if they told you there's no alternatives... sigh.
Why are you asking us then?
We can demand things.
Because that is what they said, doesn’t mean we can’t demand other things
Don't listen to "them". You'll see.