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So, as per news, two treatments will be launched in near future in India for covid
1 is favipravir, so called 'allopathy' drug. 2nd is 'coronil' a ? herbal drug by patanjali. I have serious problems with both. Plz read thread to understand the major issues
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1 is favipravir, so called 'allopathy' drug. 2nd is 'coronil' a ? herbal drug by patanjali. I have serious problems with both. Plz read thread to understand the major issues
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Favipravir is supposedly approved for restricted use, in mild to moderate covid patients, based on research which is not published or not in public domain. Any research should be out in open so that doctors and scientists can critically review it..2
...even if we are desperate, couldn't company of Glenmark size do a good trial and publish it before releasing drug ? The course of favipravir will cost per patient 7000 rupees !! Appears more money put in doing ads of it then publishing research on it ..3
We are releasing a drug which is only studied in ?150 corona patients (pts) and that too we don't have acess to results of study. What about side effects, manipulation of data ?? There are so many problems if you try to fast launch a drug without proper published data..4
'Coronil' problem is worse. As I know, no safety approvals required for herbal therapies in India. Being safe and actually working is 2 different things. 'hamne fayda paya hamari research mein' iska matlab nahi ki aap sahi the. Sellers have big conflict of interest in claims.5
Even if 'coronil' is safe, but not effective, it will give a false security to pts & may delay seeking proper care. Rt now most corona patients who come early can be saved without any wonder drug...6
Herbal & ayurvedic drugs should also be subjected to proper research, both to prevent looting of public & also to know any side effects. Just believing people who are releasing the drug that it is safe is not exactly the right way. It's a big lie that herbal therapies are safe.7
One of the biggest cause of sudden liver abd kidney failures any part of world is herbal or natural therapies which were considered 'to have no side effects'. Atleast in llopathy we admit of posible side effects and try to do research on preventing or minimising those ..8
Even in allopathy ( a wrong word, proper word is medicine based on evidence) we use products derived from plant or which were discovered from plant or biological source. But we do proper research and try to find solid evidence before using it in masses..9
So both companies will make huge profits without any solid evidence of of benefits. No system is perfect, but in India we can bypass all protocols if we have right contacts. This kind of 'jugaad' in healthcare severely harms patients, both financially and medically. .9
