Tocilizumab: Arthritis drug may treat severe Covid

[Treeman]

The rheumatoid arthritis drugs tocilizumab appears to treat people who are critically ill with Covid-19, early trial data shows.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55002339

 

[ljimbo423]

The rheumatoid arthritis drugs tocilizumab appears to treat people who are critically ill with Covid-19, early trial data shows.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55002339

This is good news. Doctors and care-givers need all the help they can get fighting this pandemic!

 

[Marylib]

I posted elsewhere about this value to the ME/CFS community in terms of IL-8 markers
https://pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-re...5q6oE9UcLGp0blyPYBj0s1lRSBc08TPLkgaT0D_9xrefY

 

[Alvin2]

As this drug affects IL6 here is an article about other agents that may lower it (non prescription)
https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2020/7/when-your-immune-function-falls

 

[Marylib]

Thanks I am very interested in Chinese medicine and I found this Chinese: 肉苁蓉, pinyin ròucōngróng.
I guess the question always is - do you want your inflammatory response to be even stronger? I guess it is a question of balance. My grandmother must have had plenty IL6 since she lived to 102 in pretty good health. She ate very little, so maybe it's the fasting and calorie restriction thing. Basically, she at cake and coca cola and bread - a few veggies and a glass of that horribly sweet Mogan David wine.