Was that specifically loratadine, or just any antihistamine? I remember when there were suggestions that an antihistamine in conjunction with lactoferrin was very effective against covid, but I don't recall if it was a specific antihistamine.
While we're talking specific medicines, I've been thinking this evening, partly inspired by this thread, about getting a medical emergency kit together, and what should be in that kit. I see sponsored content on ZH where the kit is basically antibiotics, not an unreasonable approach. For a little inspiration, I thought I'd look up the most commonly prescribed drugs in use (https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Top300Drugs.aspx) and I confess I find the list pretty horrifying. Almost everything on that list is to alleviate the evils of modern western civilization, from what I could see - blood pressure pills, anti-depressants, insulin for too much sugar, pills to lose weight...aside from the antibiotics, which I can see real use for (my coughing so much son that he's been vomiting has whooping cough...and the antibiotic that's very good against that, Azithromycin, has worked so well in just 24 hours that he's now sleeping peacefully rather than coughing violently), almost everything I can see on that list just screams "eat healthily" at me. I wonder what the doctors here think - aside from antibiotics, perhaps antivirals like ivermectin too, are there any medicines which are genuinely useful, rather than intended to alleviate the symptoms of life in western civ?
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While we're talking specific medicines, I've been thinking this evening, partly inspired by this thread, about getting a medical emergency kit together, and what should be in that kit. I see sponsored content on ZH where the kit is basically antibiotics, not an unreasonable approach. For a little inspiration, I thought I'd look up the most commonly prescribed drugs in use (https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Top300Drugs.aspx) and I confess I find the list pretty horrifying. Almost everything on that list is to alleviate the evils of modern western civilization, from what I could see - blood pressure pills, anti-depressants, insulin for too much sugar, pills to lose weight...aside from the antibiotics, which I can see real use for (my coughing so much son that he's been vomiting has whooping cough...and the antibiotic that's very good against that, Azithromycin, has worked so well in just 24 hours that he's now sleeping peacefully rather than coughing violently), almost everything I can see on that list just screams "eat healthily" at me. I wonder what the doctors here think - aside from antibiotics, perhaps antivirals like ivermectin too, are there any medicines which are genuinely useful, rather than intended to alleviate the symptoms of life in western civ?