Repurposed drugs for the possible WIN!!

I hope everyone is doing alright during this quarantine. Miraculously, our boys are getting along (for the most part) and we have settled into a semi-peaceful rhythm. All of us are in good health - I mean, aside from the cancer - and I got my staples out from the surgery today along with an "all clear" to eat what I'd like.

With this comes the go ahead to begin chemo again. It looks like I will go in next Tuesday, but obviously things are less certain at this point. I know that there are very strict rules governing the chemotherapy center now...but I will have more on that in a later post.

I wanted to post today with what I think is crazy news! One of the repurposed drugs I take for the cancer is being studied as a possible treatment for COVID 19!! I'm attaching the article if you're interested...but Dr Cantrell says it's a good sign in terms of my personal health.

The name of the drug is Chloroquine - it's an anti-malarial drug. See details below: 

The coronavirus, known as COVID-19, is viewed as a particularly potent threat because there is currently no medical treatment and no preventative vaccine, so any hope of slowing down the spread and death rate could be significant.

What's the treatment? Multiple studies showed that the use of chloroquine to treat the coronavirus can lead to faster recovery and shorter hospital stays for patients.
Chloroquine is normally used as an anti-miliarial drug, used for the prevention and/or treatment of malaria. It's available in the United States by prescription, and can be safely taken by men and women of all ages, including pregnant women.
Doctors in China and South Korea have observed that the coronavirus patients treated with chloroquine show reduced fever and better lung CT images, and so far research has not found any negative effects of the treatment.

From a study done in consultation with Stanford University School of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences:

According to South Korean and China human treatment guidelines, chloroquine is effective in treating COVID-19. Given chloroquine's human safety profile and existence, it can be implemented today in the U.S., Europe and the rest of the world. Medical doctors may be reluctant to prescribe chloroquine to treat COVID-19 since it is not FDA approved for this use. The United States of America and other countries should immediately authorize and indemnify medical doctors for prescribing chloroquine to treat COVID-19. We must explore whether chloroquine can safely serve as a preventative measure prior to infection of COVID-19 to stop further spread of this highly contagious virus.

So very soon, everyone might be taking one of my repurposed drugs.

Thank God that there are people always studying "another way."