India’s Covid-19 management has a prescription problem

Amid a rise in infections in Covid patients, researchers and medical practitioners have questioned if the over-prescription of drugs, whose usage is not supported by evidence, is responsible for these ailments.

As the cases of Covid treatment-linked diseases like mucormycosis witness a steep rise, questions have been raised about combinations of repurposed and experimental medicines recommended by health practitioners in India as a one-size-fits-all solution. A lot of COVID deaths in India in young people who should be doing well & recovering.I am making a plea to doctors in India to cut down the use of STEROIDS. Please.Steroids are only useful after the patient is hypoxic. Harmful if given early, or given for too long Treatments that are not proven & not routinely advised for COVID-19:o Ivermectino Azithromycino Baricitinibo Bevacizumabo Convalescent Plasmao Doxycyclineo Favipiraviro Fluvoxamineo Hydroxychloroquineo Itolizumabo Interferon alpha-2bo 2-DG #SOS GurugramLooking for a hospital bed in Gurgaon Or home IV nursing help. Also medication (Azithromycin, Medrol/Wysolone/Prednisone, Remidesiver)Patient name: Usha SharmaAge: 61CT Scan: 14/25Attendant’s name:Piyush and Pallavi SharmaContact number: +91-9654257791 A friend's grandfather (81, covid+) is having respiratory distress syndrome. He needs Doxy 100 as soon as possible. Location Durgapur, west Bengal. Any leads?#SOSDurgapur #SOS Before you shoot the next SOS #Remdesivir tweet, you should hear this. Last week, I asked WHO leadership if there was any global data to back the drug, take a listen pic.twitter.com/8gZ5yvwsqL Are Zinc supplements to blame for "Black Fungus"? (this is an interesting hypothesis, NOT an assertion) See thread for summaries of papers from 1996, 2013.Fact: Fungi feed on Zinc.Mammalian cells try to escape fungal invasion by "starving" the fungus of zinc, by hiding it.1/9 Researchers, medical practitioners and citizens have been debating on social media if over-prescription of drugs is responsible for the rising ailments in Covid patients. While the jury is still out if the overuse of steroids is responsible for the rising number of mucormycosis (also known as black fungus) cases, experts have cautioned against the excessive use of steroids.