Poornitha Instagram – Dr.Rohit Aravindakshan, My husband and a man whose has put his life on line to be a frontline worker for covid..has a few things to say- I am not very active on social media but I was inspired by a colleague and close friend along with the widespread pandemonium that has gripped our country with the second Covid wave!   Mainly targeted for non-medical people of India: Standard therapies with proven success worldwide with Covid-19:   -STEROIDS , mainly dexamethasone (ONLY for patients requiring hospitilisation on oxygen) – Prophylactic anticoagulation (Blood thinners , a few group of patients may benefit from a higher dose but that is only if the doctor prescribes the same). -Basic GOOD INTENSIVE CARE and NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!Supportive care (pragmatic usage of oxygen, non-invasive and invasive ventilation, other organ support if needed that may be involved with disease.) – In specific intensive care patients on oxygen/ventilator that are worsening despite the  above mentioned treatment with TOCILIZUMAB although very specific for a few indicated patients only ( NONE of the so called alternatives like Itolizumab,  Bevacizumab , Baricitnib, Interferon 2b are not proven so don’t waste your resources or your time!). No proven benefit on Plasma therapy of covid patients as well.   Possible benefit in specific patient: REMDESIVIR (Benefit only on a metric called time to recovery and not on survival). NOT indicated for patients not needing oxygen.   Nil benefit: Antibiotics ( unless your doctor suspects you to have a secondary bacterial/flu infection): so Doxycycline, Tamiflu, Azithromycin definitely please don’t take them over the counter.   It has distressed me to see so many public posts desperately seeking these unproven drugs and sadly some of our medical fraternity are even endorsing them. I humbly request you all not to please go about buying them from the black market and spend thousands of your hard earned money. Its easy to understand the helpless state people are in but these are not going to change the outcome.   Keep it minimalistic. Keep it scientific and do no harm.   We shall overcome.#covid_19 #stayhome #vsco