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The drugs India is fighting Covid with

mild cases : those patients with normal spo2 even after 6minutes walk.
doxy for 5days and ivermectin for 3days.
vitamins c and D\Minerals like zinc.
constant watch for spo2 3times daily especially during 5th. to 10th.day after symptom onset.
when we call it as moderate?
when spo2 drops below90.
hospitalization.
oxygen supplementation 5liters/minute.
remdesvir 100mg bds on first day followed by 100mg/day for 4days.
if d-dimer raised- then heparin
methyl prednisolone for 10days.

1.“Remdesivir The Drug Controller General of India on June 1 approved a five-day regime of remdesivir. Doctors are currently prescribing it for moderately to severely ill patients. “Remdesivir costs Rs 10,000-20,000 per vial.

2. Tocilizumab
This is an immunosuppressant commonly used to treat for rheumatoid arthritis. In Mumbai, more than 100 severely ill Covid patients have been treated with this expensive drug (Rs 40,000-60,000 per dose) as a preventive against ventilator requirement; government hospitals are giving it free.

3. HCQ use in Covid patients with symptoms as mild as headache, fever, body pain, and even in critically ill patients. ICMR guidelines recommend low doses for nine days. “This drug is helping in faster recovery, but that is just preliminary assessment.

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