Therapies and Cures for COVID-19
All of us are more than exhausted from the rigors of keeping ourselves safe from the SARS CoV-2 virus. Having effective therapeutics and perhaps even actual cures before the planet achieves herd immunity will be a game changer. ThisÂ
Herman Trend Alert will briefly cover the treatments used around the world, then discuss the new drugs already in trials and showing success in Israel.
Treatments in the United States and Elsewhere According to the US Centers for Disease Control, the country s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only one pharmaceutical, Remdesivir (Veklury), to treat COVID-19 and then only in certain situations; it has also been okayed in Japan and Australia. In other countries, other drugs have been approved: dexamethasone in the United Kingdom and Japan; Avigan (favilavir) in China, Italy, and Russia. In addition, in the US, the emergency use of Convalescent plasma was authorized by the FDA in August 2020.