President Trump is taking experimental coronavirus drugs Remdesivir and Regeneron after being diagnosed with coronavirus; Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
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His health is being monitored,
Jedediah Fox NEWS, medical
contributor, Dr Mark Siegel,
joins us now to react. Thank you
for joining us today, Dr Siege,
L.
First and foremost, your reaction
to the treatment that the
president is receiving at
Walter Reed, including the
medication medications that
have been administered thus far
good morning, Jed.
I think that its very
interesting what hes getting
and you can make a case for each
thing.
The remdesivir that was added
has been shown in a study in the
New England Journal of
Medicine to decrease the amount
of time it takes to recover by
about three days in over one thousand
patients
thats in people that have
moderate illness
now, thats. Another reason he
would have gone to the hospital
by the way Jed, because its
administered intravenously and a
close friend of his who spoke to
him last night, said that the
president told me that the
president was feeling well
a little tired and kind of
bothered he had to go to the
hospital, but he felt he could
work there.
Even when hes tired, he has more
energy than a lot of people,
some of the other cocktails hes
getting there pepcid. The
stomach medication looks
like in some studies that it
decreases the risk of having
severe Covid 19, maybe because
Covid 19 does better in an acid
environment were not sure,
zinc seems to decrease viral
spread,
the monoclonal antibodies he got
are in the experimental stage,
but a study, some information out
just last week shows that it too
decreases the amount of virus.
Now the less virus you have, the
less likely youre going to
have severe complications.
Will Dr Siegel? What do you
expect the seventy two hours the next
couple days to being loo like
for the president?
How long do you expect him to be
in the hospital?
I think its going to be
observational?
I fully expect him to be in the
hospital for several days.
Dont forget he has a working
office suite in the hospital
there, its precautionary
monitoring his oxygen level, a
good sign, hes, not taking oxygen
right now per his physician
thats, a really good sign but
thats, something that needs to
be monitored and also the risk
of blood clots, and to speak to
something that was just said
before I came on. This is not a
time for political divisiveness.
This is a time to bring out the
best in people to wish well
the commander in chief and
the president.
This is the time for that and to
Jedediahs point its also a
time for people to rethink what
practices theyre doing on the
street.
This can be a time to learn, to
wear more masks and have more
distancing and wash your hands
more and watch out for this
virus more because the
fall is coming and the virus
may spread even more
W. Dr Mark Siegel. Thank you very
much for your insight. This.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.