GPO increases production and storage of drugs to treat COVID-19

[snoop1130]

GPO increases production and storage of drugs to treat COVID-19

 

 

The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has stepped up the production of five anti-viral drugs, and the acquisition of two imported drugs, for the treatment of COVID-19.

 

GPO deputy director Dr. Mukdawan Prakobwaithayakit said today that the GPO has reserves of 1.8 million hydroxychloroquine tablets, 30.6 million Lopinavir/Ritonavir tablets, 1.9 million Darunavir, 1.9 million Ritonavir tablets and 3.4 million Azithromycin anti-biotic doses.

 

Lopinavir/Ritonavir, Darunavir and Ritonavir are also anti-HIV drugs.

 

She said the GPO has also purchased 140,000 Favipiravir tablets from China and Japan and another 47,000 tablets have been ordered by the Disease Control Department. An additional 103,860 tablets are to be delivered from Japan at the end of this month.

 

The GPO has also ordered another 1.09 million tablets of Hydroxychloroquine from a local pharmaceutical producer.

 

Meanwhile, public health volunteers and a local hospital in Tambon Thung Nang Oat in Muang district of the northeastern province of Yasothon, have organized home delivery of drugs to COVID-19 patients, to save them the time and effort of going to the hospital.

 

The service will also help prevent the spread of the virus.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/gpo-increases-production-and-storage-of-drugs-to-treat-covid-19/

 

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[jojothai]

Thanks for posting the info.

A treatmemt of hydroxy chloroquine is about 18 to 28 tablets ( 5 to 10 days). So they have enough for 50,000 to 100,000 treatments if it turns out to be effective.

Thats not enough for govt, big business and military. Never mind health workers.

Lets say the other tablets would give treatments to another 10 times that number if any of them are useful. Some of them will not pass trials. Remdesivir had some poor results announced last week

 

Even so the stockpile still may not amount to much if this becomes a pandemic here next winter.

For info on trials in the WHO solidarity programme, there is information available through their website.

Over 1000 trials ongoing with institutions registered. most from the beginning of april.

This is not all, since USA and UK and other major countries also have their own other trials separately.

[Surelynot]

Have any of these drugs been shown to be effective forms of treatment. "Shown" as in proper clinical trails? If not, it seems odd to invest so much in these stock piles.

[4MyEgo]

 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Hydroxychloroquine

 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Azithromycin anti-biotic doses

 

I watched a few videos on Youtube that stated that in the US, some Dr's were using the above in a combined effort to treat patients with great results if treated early, using them at the coalface, but no clinical trials as far as I am aware.

 

There is a lot of videos on Youtube about this, but a lot of it is conflicting, so I guess the jury is out.

Edited April 25, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[Surelynot]

6 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

 

 

I watched a few videos on Youtube that state that in the US some Dr's were using the above in a combined effort to treat patients with great results if treated early, using them at the coalface, but no clinical trials as far as I am aware.

 

We see if I can post the links and edit this shortly.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/24/fda-issues-warnings-on-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-after-serious-poisoning-and-death-reported.html?__source=sharebar|email&par=sharebar