Dear Matzav.com Readers,
I and few members of my family are sick with coronavirus. I’d like to share my experience with people, because I think that lack of information and lack of knowledge what to do and when to act leads to dangerous situation. That’s exactly what we saw in couple of last weeks in those terrible news when people, even young in their 40 and 50, were brought to hospitals and past away soon after. Which means that their condition deteriorated to the point when doctors couldn’t save their lives.
First of all if somebody gets sick, don’t even think that it’s something else – you should suspect coronavirus.
We all rely on statistics that most of those who get infected with coronavirus will survive, but each person should do everything to save his live and to act when necessary.
I and my older son got sick last Sunday, March 29. We both had fever. We took Tylenol and started Zithromax (azithromycin), also known as Z-Pak.
On Monday I took my son to get tested for coronavirus and result came positive on Wednesday.
Very important – if you were tested positive with coronavirus you can ask doctor to prescribe you hydroxychloroquine and get it in local pharmacies. So, we got this medicine, but didn’t start using it.
All days we were extremely weak and tired. After few days fever almost disappeared and we felt like we are recovering. But on Thursday fever came back and I got some strange feeling that something is building up in lower chest area (i don’t know if other people with coronavieus get same feeling, may be it was just stomach ache, can’t say for sure).
On Friday I had fever 100.9 – 101.3 F (38.3-38.5 C). And only on Friday, which is 6th day from first day we got sick, I started coughing and had little difficulty of breathing.
(My sister, who is head in emergency room in one of the hospitals in Israel, told me that they also see patients who get sick, get better in few days, and then second wave of disease attacks).
So, fever and cough, shortness of breath and strange feeling in lower part of the chest made me believe that maybe pneumonia started to develop (pneumonia starts to develop from bottom of lungs). On Friday night I took hydroxychloroquine (or plaquenil – brand name). On Shabbos morning I already had much less cough. It has to be taken together with Zinc and Azithromycin – please consult your doctor.
This medicine does work.
Hydroxycloroquine is used by doctors in Israel, China and other countries to cure from COVID19.
To summarize. If you got sick – get yourself tested and if you have coronavirus ask your doctor to prescribe hydroxychloroquine (or plaquenil – brand name) and get it from pharmacy. If you have fever, cough, difficulty breathing don’t wait. Consult your doctor how to use this medicine (it might have side effects).
If you have symptoms but don’t have this medicine, PLEASE, don’t wait call Hatzola, ambulance go to hospital , get medical assistance, save your live. Please share with others.
Boruch Malisov
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Of course it works but if everyone will take these cheap tablets Big Pharma will go broke and what will happen with Bill Gates’ plan of depopulation of the world if his lethal vaccination will not be needed?
Thanks. So glad to hear your doing better. It’s becoming increasingly clear that Hydroxychloriquine WITH ZINC and azithromycin is significantly helping people. Dr Zelenko recently updated that with 900 patients none have died bli Aylin hara. Only a few have gone to the hospital and of those that did many have come home already. It works biezras Hashem. Everyone who is sick or know someone that is R’L should Advocate to receive that treatment by a doctor willing to prescribe it. There are potential side effects but they are rare and can be monitored.
For those that can’t be prescribed Hydroxychloriquine, What I would like to share is a potential treatment that is not very well known yet but is used as a supplement, Quercetin.
Quercetin, being a safe supplement allows even low risk Covid-19 sufferers a potential treatment, especially if taken early on to prevent symptoms from getting worse or prolonged. I am not a doctor nor a nutritionist so I don’t want to give out medical advice, however I do want to bring it to people’s attention so that at least they can be well informed and thereby ask their medical provider if they should take Quercitin and Zinc or not.
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid supplement that has been shown in a study(1) to act as a zinc ionophore(allowing access of zinc into cells to inhibit virus replication). It is very similar in this respect to Hydroxychloriquine which also works as a zinc ionophore. It is also believed to block viruses from entering cells in the first place, lowering the ‘viral load’. A study published by the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Labs used the most powerful IBM supercomputer to model which FDA approved compounds or supplements might interfere with the coronavirus binding to cells. Quercetin was listed as number 5 on that list(2). Additionally one study shows it has anti inflammatory properties, which could help limit the inflammatory response or the cytokine storm caused by Covid19. (3)
Dr Michel Chrétien and Dr Majambu Mbikay are well known Montreal researchers who have been researching the effects of Quercetin for decades and have found it to inhibit various bacteria and viruses. They’ve seen positive results in mice with its use against Ebola and Zika(4). It’s also been tested with influenza(5) and SARS(6). Now they are in the process of testing it with Covid-19(7)(8).While it’s not yet proven, the basic mechanism suggests it would be effective although they don’t want to give a false sense of hope until clinical trials prove it to be so. Either way it is already approved by the FDA for general consumption purposes and is available currently in vitamin stores. It’s naturally found in capers, apples, red onions,dill and elderberries but generally at a significantly lower amount than supplements which are generally at about 500mgs-1000mg per dose. Again it has not been proven as a treatment and there isn’t enough data yet to prove its efficacy but it has a lot potential in theory. Zinc should also be taken(perhaps about 30mgs a day) as it has potential to inhibit virus replication once in the cell and the two supplements compliment each other. Recently Dr Joshua Ritchie of Refuah Institute put out a video strongly suggesting people take Zinc as an anti-viral and immune booster, especially since he believes many (a third of the population) are deficient in zinc. Dr Richard Roberts also suggested taking a daily zinc supplement as a preventative.
Although everyone should consult their healthcare provider first, I suggest people take these supplements at the onset of symptoms to inhibit the virus from progressing further given the fact that they are generally safe to take for standard health reasons (Quercetin is usually taken for its anti histamine and antioxidant properties). Obviously it needs to be taken in moderation. Quercetin and Zinc are a potential anti-viral and immune boosting treatment or preventative. At the very least it may lower the intensity and duration of the virus. Therefore at least this may potentially serve as a safe alternative in cases where people can’t get Hydroxychloriquine or are only suffering from mild symptoms.Also health care workers and first responders can use it as a safe preventative.
May Hashem Who is the Source of all refuah quickly bring an end to this Mageifa and a may He bring a Refuah Shileima to all those that are sick.
1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25050823/
2. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.11871402.v3
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6273652/#sec3-molecules-21-00450title
4. https://aac.asm.org/content/60/9/5182
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728566/
6. https://jvi.asm.org/content/78/20/11334#T1
7.https://www.mcgilltribune.com/sci-tech/montreal-researchers-propose-a-treatment-for-covid-19-170320/
8. https://ircm.qc.ca/en/news/lazaridis-family-foundation-contributes-1-million-ircm-support-its-research-covid-19
It Does work medicine is hard to get in New York do to Coumo Executive Order to limit it to hospital setting. My Dr proscribed it regardless and I found a pharmacy who was able to fill. There is an artificial shortage. Trump is offering the states an unlimited supply.
I clicked my heels together three times and got to Kansas!
( but I also took an airplane that landed there)!
This is an anecdote,at best?, and does not deserve to be published or promulgated
Refuah shelaima. You need it.
Baruch Rofe Holim!!
A shot whiskey will do the trick too.
DO NOT SELF MEDICATE, call your doctor FIRST
if he doesn’t belong to the deep state
I question the legitimacy of this letter. Something doesn’t smell right.
to Mosherofeh: I personally know three people who took Zpack, hydroxychloroquine and zinc and went from being extremely ill to almost completely better BH (one is elderly with underlying health issues). They all three also avoided being hospitalized which their doctors said they’d need to be if they did not (take the medicine and) see improvement. (Ideally one should have their heart monitored when on the hydozycholoroquine.) This combination of medications works. Sadly, politics seems more important to some than saving lives. Beyond tragic. If one is concerned about the risks of hydroxychloroquine (which are very rare), they can either have their heart monitored before and during taking it or they can look into Quercetin as an alternative.
to “it works”
Same problem: ” I personally know three people….”
Anecdote, if true. Just like
I know many who have taken no medicine and gotten better (which is the natural course of the majority of those stricken!)
Hatzlacha
Chag kasher, sameach u’barih!
I know 3 people that got much better on this medication. Medical professionals who say it doesn’t work mostly see people who are already in a far gone state or critical condition. The mistake the letter writer wrote is that he should’ve been monitoring his o2 level the whole time with a pulse ox (meaning from the beginning of seeing corona symptoms!). Hes very lucky he got on the meds in time. At this time there are no official studies on the meds for coronovirus and anecdotal evidence is what we have. It has it’s risks but it saved many lives!!! Nebulizers with ginger or collidial silver have also helped people breath better