This is an old article (obviously) but I wanted to post it because it might be the first reported ivermectin success story. April 16 is only 13 days after Monash 48 hours was published, so Dr. Capellán was a very early adopter.
PUERTO PLATA.- A medical discovery that could be a panacea for the COVID-19 pandemic has been made known by a renowned Puerto Plata pulmonologist who released satisfactory results after the application of the drug Ivermectin in patients diagnosed with coronavirus.
Dr. Jhonny Rafael Tavárez Capellán, shared his experience in the procedure applied to a significant number of positive patients with the COVID-19 virus, who show a notable improvement 72 hours after receiving treatment with Ivermectin, which is an antiparasitic which according to speculates can kill the coronavirus in 48 hours.
Tavárez Capellán, who works at the Bournigal Medical Center in this Atlantic province, made his discovery public in a scientific article that he shared on WhatsApp with colleagues from the Dominican Society of Pneumology and Thorax Surgery (SDNCT), which has reached specialists from other nations for which he has received numerous calls from colleagues who have identified with his experience.
He explained that the scans carried out on several patients diagnosed with COVID-19 after the application of the Ivermectin drug, reflect notable improvement, both in patients who are hospitalized, as well as those who are isolated at home, a procedure that it has obtained hundreds of favorable and encouraging comments from doctors from different national and international specialties.
The doctor specified that as a result of the in vitro study conducted by the Australians on Ivermectin in COVID-19, he began a clinical trial treating a significant number of patients with symptoms and clinical signs compatible with this terrible and underestimated pandemic, in addition of imaging studies, such as simple chest radiography and single-phase computed tomography.
He said that he divided the patients for dosing purposes into two groups: those who were less than 80 kilograms in weight and those who were more than 80 kilograms in weight, the former were given 2 tablets of Ivermectin of 6 milligrams and the latter were administered 3 equal tablets of the same drug and to make the administration of the drugs more practical depending on the weight of the patients, all were administered a single dose per day, repeating it after 24 hours, without exceeding 36 milligrams.
Standard 200mcg/kg dosing, for 2 or 3 days depending on whether the patient was < 80kg or 80kg?
The renowned pulmonologist indicated that most of the patients treated underwent a control tomography after 72 hours and in classification 2 there was a dramatic improvement, where many of them improved after the first hours of administering the medications, until point of which some of them stopped being symptomatic, even in this group there are four doctors in treatment and two in the second group or classification 3.
I think this is on a 4-level classification, where 1 - mild, 2 - moderately ill, 3 - serious and 4 - severe.
He stated that the CT scans of all the patients underwent important changes with progress towards improvement, in the same way those hospitalized in phase 3, who also improved arterial gases as well as the severity markers as well as the chest CT scans and highlighted that said The trial (treatment) was carried out without being able to perform COVID-19 tests, prior to the administration of drugs due to the limited availability of the tests in national laboratories.
Before PCR tests were available.
In the same way, he regretted that long before his trial it really constitutes an odyssey to get a test for COVID-19 in the public and private sectors due to the high demand for services and due to the large number of patients, he has been in dire need of provide clinical and imaging treatments before having a positive COVID-19 test result detected.
It expresses that it is a challenge to organize this experience to take laboratory samples before starting treatment and after having treated the patient in the relevant or defined time, for which it announces that it is in the process of verifying these results and expects action to be taken promptly, since thousands of Dominicans can save their lives from the pandemic that continues to claim thousands of lives in the world.
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This is an old article (obviously) but I wanted to post it because it might be the first reported ivermectin success story. April 16 is only 13 days after Monash 48 hours was published, so Dr. Capellán was a very early adopter.
Here's a related story from 2020-06-06.
PUERTO PLATA.- A medical discovery that could be a panacea for the COVID-19 pandemic has been made known by a renowned Puerto Plata pulmonologist who released satisfactory results after the application of the drug Ivermectin in patients diagnosed with coronavirus.
Dr. Jhonny Rafael Tavárez Capellán, shared his experience in the procedure applied to a significant number of positive patients with the COVID-19 virus, who show a notable improvement 72 hours after receiving treatment with Ivermectin, which is an antiparasitic which according to speculates can kill the coronavirus in 48 hours.
Tavárez Capellán, who works at the Bournigal Medical Center in this Atlantic province, made his discovery public in a scientific article that he shared on WhatsApp with colleagues from the Dominican Society of Pneumology and Thorax Surgery (SDNCT), which has reached specialists from other nations for which he has received numerous calls from colleagues who have identified with his experience.
He explained that the scans carried out on several patients diagnosed with COVID-19 after the application of the Ivermectin drug, reflect notable improvement, both in patients who are hospitalized, as well as those who are isolated at home, a procedure that it has obtained hundreds of favorable and encouraging comments from doctors from different national and international specialties.
The doctor specified that as a result of the in vitro study conducted by the Australians on Ivermectin in COVID-19, he began a clinical trial treating a significant number of patients with symptoms and clinical signs compatible with this terrible and underestimated pandemic, in addition of imaging studies, such as simple chest radiography and single-phase computed tomography.
He said that he divided the patients for dosing purposes into two groups: those who were less than 80 kilograms in weight and those who were more than 80 kilograms in weight, the former were given 2 tablets of Ivermectin of 6 milligrams and the latter were administered 3 equal tablets of the same drug and to make the administration of the drugs more practical depending on the weight of the patients, all were administered a single dose per day, repeating it after 24 hours, without exceeding 36 milligrams.
Standard 200mcg/kg dosing, for 2 or 3 days depending on whether the patient was < 80kg or 80kg?
The renowned pulmonologist indicated that most of the patients treated underwent a control tomography after 72 hours and in classification 2 there was a dramatic improvement, where many of them improved after the first hours of administering the medications, until point of which some of them stopped being symptomatic, even in this group there are four doctors in treatment and two in the second group or classification 3.
I think this is on a 4-level classification, where 1 - mild, 2 - moderately ill, 3 - serious and 4 - severe.
He stated that the CT scans of all the patients underwent important changes with progress towards improvement, in the same way those hospitalized in phase 3, who also improved arterial gases as well as the severity markers as well as the chest CT scans and highlighted that said The trial (treatment) was carried out without being able to perform COVID-19 tests, prior to the administration of drugs due to the limited availability of the tests in national laboratories.
Before PCR tests were available.
In the same way, he regretted that long before his trial it really constitutes an odyssey to get a test for COVID-19 in the public and private sectors due to the high demand for services and due to the large number of patients, he has been in dire need of provide clinical and imaging treatments before having a positive COVID-19 test result detected.
It expresses that it is a challenge to organize this experience to take laboratory samples before starting treatment and after having treated the patient in the relevant or defined time, for which it announces that it is in the process of verifying these results and expects action to be taken promptly, since thousands of Dominicans can save their lives from the pandemic that continues to claim thousands of lives in the world.
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