Covid can be a dreadful disease but it can be managed at home so that we can prevent everyone even the elderly from being hospitalized.
Home care protocol
EVERYONE: BOOSTING IMMUNITY
• Vitamin C 1000-2000mg/day
• Vitamin D3 1000-3000IU/day
• Zinc 30-40mg/day
• Quercetin 250mg/day OR Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG 500mg/day) OR Raw
Onions/garlic/sweet potato leaves as a juice 10-15ml
• Virgin coconut oil 1 tablespoon 3x a day
• Melatonin 6mg at bedtime
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS:
High Risk individuals ie elderly, with co-morbidities, front liners
• Vitamin C 1000-2000mg/day
• Vitamin D3 1000-3000IU/day
• Zinc 30-40mg/day
• Quercetin 250mg/day OR Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG 250mg/day) OR Raw Onions/garlic/sweet
potato leaves as a juice 10-15ml
• Virgin coconut oil 1 tablespoon 3x a day
• Melatonin 6mg at bedtime
• Ivermectin 0.2mg/kg bodyweight per dose:
• one dose on Day 1 and Day 2, then one dose every 2 weeks
POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS:
Exposure to a suspected or confirmed COVID patient
• Ivermectin 0.2mg/kg bodyweight per dose, one dose on Day 1 and Day 2
• Vitamin C 1000-2000mg/day
• Vitamin D3 1000-3000IU/day
• Zinc 30-40mg/day
• Quercetin 250mg/day OR Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG 250mg/day) OR Raw Onions/
garlic/sweet potato leaves as a juice 10-15ml
• Virgin coconut oil 1 tablespoon 3x a day
• Melatonin 6-12mg at bedtime
EARLY OUTPATIENT PROTOCOL – MILD COVID SYMPTOMS:
First signs of COVID infection, ie fever, cough, body pains, muscle aches, etc.:
• Check oxygen saturation using pulse oximeter every 2-4hrs esp elderly and with co-morbidities, must be 95% and above
• Ivermectin 0.2mg/kg bodyweight per dose, one dose per day, minimum 2 days. May extend daily dose up to 7 days*
• Doxycycline 100mg BID 7-10 day
• Vitamin C 2000-4000mg/day
• Vitamin D3 4000-5000IU/day
• Zinc 50-100mg/day
• Aspirin 100-325mg/day
• Quercetin 500mg/day OR Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG 500mg/day) OR Raw Onions/garlic/sweet potato leaves as a juice
10-15ml
• Virgin coconut oil 1 tablespoon 3x a day
• Melatonin 3-6mg TID then 12-24mg at bedtime (make cause drowsiness)
• OPTIONAL: Inhaled Budesonide 200mcg /dose, 2 actuations BID (Patients over 65 yrs old or >50 yrs old with co-morbidities)
EARLY OUTPATIENT PROTOCOL – MODERATE COVID SYMPTOMS:
When Oxygen saturation is consistently below 95% for more than 5 minutes
• Must start on Oxygen support, increase O2 output until O2 saturation reaches >95%
• Monitor O2 saturation hourly esp in at night time
• ORAL STEROIDS(a,b):
• Methylprednisolone 8mg BID (AM- LUNCH) for 5 days – better lung tissue penetration, less
likely to cause hypertension and water retention
OR
• Dexamethasone 2mg BID (AM – LUNCH) for 5 days
a (take note of Aspirin and steroids, risk of gastric irritation/bleeding)
b Discontinue inhaled budesonide if given prior
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