Phoenix.com original "Home-level drugs are important, but more importantly, the openness and transparency of information. Health departments and media should scientifically prompt the detailed data of Omickron and disclose a list of drugs to prevent or alleviate the disease." Phoenix.com "Cancer Intelligence Bureau" specially produced.
Core summary:
1. Most people have received vaccine enhancement injections. Even if they are infected with the new coronavirus, they are mainly asymptomatic and mild. The medication is mainly used to relieve symptoms. new crown treatment drugs can be simply divided into prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs . The prescription drugs mainly include Paxlovid of , Merck Molnupiravir, Gilead's Remdesivir, and Eli Lilly's Bebtelovimab. Among them, Paxlovid approved by the National Medical Products Administration is very efficient, but it may re-positivity after taking it.
2. Over-the-counter drugs mainly include ibuprofen , acetaminophen , dextromethorphan and guaifene ether, which can be used to relieve headaches, fevers, cough and other symptoms. In terms of traditional Chinese medicine, the sales of Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules , Huoxiang Zhengqi Water , Lianhua Qingwen, etc. are relatively high.
3. Honey and light salt water can also help relieve symptoms. Honey can effectively relieve acute cough in children (over 1 year old), and even the effect is no less than dextromethorphan. Gargling your mouth with light salt water or diluted apple cider vinegar can relieve sore throat. Although these practices lack the effect of strict scientific and controlled experiments, they are effective for some people in experience and have no obvious side effects. You can try it.
4. In any case, avoid infection as much as possible. Physical means such as wearing masks, washing hands frequently, paying attention to ventilation, and avoiding gatherings of people are always effective. In addition, vaccination (enhanced shot) can reduce the risk of severe illness after infection.
Author | Zhuang Shilihe
Phoenix.com Special expert on "Cancer Intelligence Bureau"
On November 11, after the Health Commission issued 20 measures to optimize epidemic prevention, according to incomplete statistics, more than 20 cities and cities including Zhenping County, Shaanxi Province, Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province, Yanji City, Fuzhou City, Hefei City and Shanghai, announced that they have adjusted the current epidemic prevention policies and announced that they have cancelled or not to launch the nucleic acid test for all employees in the region. Among them, Sanya City, Hainan Province is one of the earliest regions in China to adjust epidemic prevention policies. But Shijiazhuang has attracted the attention of the whole nation and has been on the hot search several times.
On November 13, Shijiazhuang City announced that it would not check nucleic acid certificates in public places and cancelled the national nucleic acid test, some people were afraid of canceling all members of the nucleic acid.
According to netizens, "Shijiazhuang has really let go. She is a little scared. She has no sense of dependence and is very uncomfortable. Instead, she dares not go out. In the future, the nucleic acid points will be cancelled in public places. They all have their own expenses to test, and there are 500 new ones a day. As a result, all kindergartens and primary schools have notified that they will start school. They suddenly let go, and no one dares to go. Some elderly people even said that they don’t go anywhere, and it’s too dangerous outside."
This uneasy feeling spread on the Internet, and Shijiazhuang has been on the hot search several times that day. With this anxiety, most people spontaneously sought medical treatment online, and even began to hoard oxygen generators from the fires in the early stages of the outbreak of the epidemic two years ago. A list of homemade drugs mixed with Chinese and Western medicines and has nothing to do with the current popular strain of Omickron is flying all over the sky.
The outbreak of the epidemic this winter has been warned many times. Recently, the daily increase of more than 10,000 days has occurred. In this situation, especially in families with elderly and children at home, some emergency medicines should be prepared in advance. But which drugs can treat mild patients? Does need treatment for asymptomatic infected people with and what drugs are used? Can the health department disclose a detailed list of prescriptions and drugs to prevent or alleviate the disease? Is the oxygen generator still useful?
Phoenix.com "Cancer Intelligence Bureau" specially made a guide to the essential medicines at home for the new crown epidemic. For your reference.
Photo/Proposal for COVID-19 medication in Hong Kong, China
In terms of antiviral treatment, Omickron has a great impact on the efficacy of antibody drugs, but has almost no effect on oral antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs. For over-the-counter (OTC) in mildly infected people, the most commonly used are still acetaminophen (paracetamol) and ibuprofen.
Photo/The fifth wave of the epidemic this year caused an instant increase in emergency clinics in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government calls on patients with mild symptoms to take patent medicines on their own.
Hong Kong Hospital Pharmacist Society released a list of medications to relieve mild COVID-19, guiding citizens to start learning to save themselves, but reminded them not to reuse medications. For example, "paracetamol" has two English scientific names. Citizens are prone to mistakenly thinking that it is taken different drugs, which may bring side effects. Another common antipyretic drug, ibuprofen, can also relieve mild fever, which is 0.2 degrees Celsius lower than "paracetamol".
What are the prescription drugs currently approved at home and abroad and used for clinical use?
There are different classification methods for effective treatment of COVID-19, such as classification based on different stages of the disease (non-severe, severe, critical) or according to different purposes of use (anti-viral, relieving inflammation).
I will follow a simpler classification - prescription medicine and over-the-counter medicine . Let me give you a brief explanation.
prescription drugs currently have antiviral drugs and monoclonal antibody drugs approved by the US CDCh.
-Paxlovid: Pfizer's new crown oral drug, small molecule antiviral drugs, used for adults and children over 12 years old, oral at home;
On February 11 this year, the State Food and Drug Administration conducted emergency review and approval in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Drug Administration Law, in accordance with the special drug approval procedures, and the conditions approved the import registration of Pfizer's new crown virus treatment drug Nematvir tablets/ritonavir tablets combination packaging (Paxlovid).
On March 15, the revision points of the "Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia (Trial Ninth Edition)" released by the Health Commission showed that the specific anti-new coronavirus drugs approved by the National Medical Products Administration were written into the diagnosis and treatment plan. The applicable population is adults and adolescents with mild and common types within 5 days of onset and with high risk factors for progression to severe (12-17 years old, weight ≥40kg). Although this new coronavirus drug is very efficient, the important side effect is that it will re-positivity phenomenon after taking it. The patient took Paxlovid as recommended within 5 days after the infection. After completing the 5-day course of treatment, his symptoms recurred. Biden and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, both experienced a rebound in symptoms after taking the drug. These cases have raised concerns that Pfizer’s dual-drug antiviral treatment may interfere with the development of the long-term immune response.
There are currently no reports on re-positive positive treatments in China.
-Molnupiravir: Merck, a small molecule antiviral drug used in adults and taken orally at home; it is the first anti-COVID-19 oral drug released worldwide. Monabiravir is a prescription drug. Patients must take it as soon as possible after they are diagnosed with the new coronavirus and start taking it within 5 days after the symptoms of the new coronavirus. The continuous use time cannot exceed 5 days.
-Remdesivir: Gilead, a small molecule antiviral drug, used in adults and children over 12 years old, and intravenous in medical institutions for 3 days;
-Bebtelovimab: Eli Lilly, a monoclonal antibody drug, used in adults, intravenous infusion once in medical institutions.
There are other drugs, such as tocilizumab, baritinib, etc., but they are mainly used for severe and critical patients. People who are seriously ill and must be admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Picture/Four new coronary pneumonia drugs announced in Taiwan, China.Among them, Qingguan No. 1 is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription developed in Taiwan,
, these over-the-counter drugs are useful for relieving symptoms
, the above four drugs are directly against the new coronavirus. There are also some over-the-counter drugs (OTCs) that cannot fight the virus, but can relieve symptoms and are also the closest drugs to ordinary people.
These over-the-counter drugs are generally a combination of one or several drug ingredients. is used to relieve different symptoms, such as headache, fever, cough, etc. These symptoms will also appear in other respiratory infectious diseases other than the new crown, so many people may have used it before.
-ibuprofen : NSAIDs, antipyretic and analgesic and anti-inflammatory
-Acetaminophen : NSAIDs (controversial), antipyretic and analgesic and anti-inflammatory
-Dextex-methorphan : central anti-cough;
-Guaifenesin : Take sputum and anti-cough.
Just look at some of these names, you may not know them particularly, they are actually the main or part of the ingredients of some common medicines.
-Fenbid, Merrillin (medicine for children): the main ingredients are ibuprofen;
-Bilitong, Tylenolin (medicine for children): the main ingredients are acetaminophen;
-Aisu: dextromethorphan, guaifene ether.
For most friends who have received the vaccine enhancement injection, even if is infected, it is basically asymptomatic and mild. The general course of the disease is within one week. The main purpose of taking the medicine is to relieve the symptoms. also rest more and replenish enough water, and drinking electrolytes is also very important.
Photo/According to media reports, after Shijiazhuang unblocked, various cold medicines sold a lot for three consecutive days, and Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water are even more in short supply.
lianhua Qingwen Capsules has been out of stock. Among the domestic Chinese medicines for treating mild and asymptomatic new coronavirus, in addition to Lianhua Qingwen’s famous reputation, the self-developed Chinese medicine prescriptions in various places are also very popular. This part of readers purchase according to their preferences and habits.
Photo/A netizen collected the symptoms of the new crown and the use of the drug on Weibo
In line with the purpose of whether the medicine looks good or not, he sorted out several different drugs sent by netizens and found that there are three special drugs that are effective at high frequency: oseltamivir , Azfuding tablets , rikshu, and the antipyretic drug ibuprofen. Readers can refer to the purchase of
Honey and light salt water can also relieve symptoms
In addition, there are some non-drugs that can also relieve symptoms, such as honey.
honey can effectively relieve acute cough in children (over 1 year old), and the effect is no less than that of dextromethorphan. 's cough suppression principle is that most of the ingredients of honey are sugar. High concentration of sugar water can promote saliva secretion and respiratory mucus secretion, increase the airway sensation threshold , thereby slowing down the frequency and degree of coughing.
For example, some common practices are used when people in different countries are sick, such as rinsing their mouths with light salt water or diluted apple cider vinegar to relieve sore throat. these practices have not been strictly controlled and confirmed by the results, but they are indeed effective for some people and have no obvious side effects, so they can be tried.
Some of the drugs mentioned above can still be purchased offline or online pharmacies.
Finally, infection should be avoided at all times. Wearing a mask, washing hands frequently, paying attention to ventilation and avoiding gatherings of people, these physical protection measures are always effective. In addition, vaccination of (enhanced shot) can reduce the risk of severe illness after infection. recommends that friends who have not yet received enhanced shots get vaccinated as soon as possible, especially the elderly.
pic/A list of new coronavirus drugs circulated online.For your reference
At present, most places are still taking active prevention and control measures, but medical resources are limited and it is impossible to spend endlessly in this place. For personal reasons, it is important to understand some basic knowledge of infectious disease prevention and control and protect yourself and your family.
For the public, home-friendly drugs are important, but more importantly, the openness and transparency of information. The health department and the media should scientifically and correctly remind Omickron's current infection rate, pathogenicity rate, and mortality rate, and disclose a detailed list of prescriptions and drugs to prevent or alleviate the symptoms.
To some extent, the correct information may be more important than the drug!
