Only four days in the interval during which US President Donald Trump recovered from the Corona virus, after leaving the White House to Walter Reed Military Hospital, during which he underwent medical follow-up and treatment that seemed to be intense, which allowed him to recover in a short time.
A question may come to mind about the nature of the treatment that Trump underwent, and was it the same treatment that Americans receive?
According to CNN, Trump received antibody treatment last Friday before entering the hospital, a treatment that is still being tried by the Regeneron Pharmaceutical Company, and he has not obtained a license from the US Food and Drug Administration. However, Regenon said it provided Treatment after receiving a request for use of the drug by Trump’s doctors.
And antibody treatment showed positive results on 275 people who had been infected with the virus and had undergone clinical trials, in which the levels of Covid 19 virus decreased in their bodies.
Jane Marazzo, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama, described the treatment results as “very promising,” and it is not easy to obtain a drug that is not licensed by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States even if the demand for the drug is for use, as the applicant will face procedures. Take too long.
Trump also received other drugs upon entering the hospital, remdesivir, a drug that has not received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to treat Covid-19, but is allowed to be used after obtaining a license for emergency use.
The clinical results of Remdisiver proved that it can speed up the healing process from the Covid-19 virus after taking it for a period of no more than five days, but this drug has side effects such as causing anemia or toxicity to the liver and kidneys.
Doctors also prescribed to Trump the drug dexamethasone, which is available on the market, and it contributes to reducing infections but it suppresses the immune system, so it is not prescribed to Corona patients except in exceptional cases.
“President Trump may be the only patient on this planet who receives this special combination of drugs that is not within the reach of all Americans,” the European news site quoted George Washington University professor of medicine, Dr. Jonathan Rayner, as saying.
On the other hand, in a speech after arriving at the White House, Trump called on the American people not to be afraid of Corona and that they will defeat it, and added: “We have the best medical equipment … and the best doctors in the world … Do not let him control your life, get out, be careful.”
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