Cf. when my husband was contacted by @NYULangone for medical consent after I was intubated.
"Congratulations! David is eligible to be part of a special FDA drug trial - because he's experiencing life-threatening lung failure & hooked up to a ventilator."
"Congratulations! David is eligible to be part of a special FDA drug trial - because he's experiencing life-threatening lung failure & hooked up to a ventilator."
Specifically (emphasis added): "You are agreeing to the emergency use of clazakizumab... based on a small number of patients who developed similar LIFE-THREATENING PULMONARY FAILURE [from] COVID-19."
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"In these patients, a drug similar to clazakizumab showed promise as an effective treatment for PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE WHO WERE LIKELY TO DIE."
He agreed; I got the drug (along w/tocilizumab).
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He agreed; I got the drug (along w/tocilizumab).
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I was also given Kevzara, hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin, and Remdesivir. Which worked? Who knows!
As the old JFK saying goes, success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
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As the old JFK saying goes, success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
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