Episode 207: This Isn’t Medical Advice (It’s Medical Rage)

On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn relates her story of catching COVID-19 in Romania and asks the panel to evaluate the appropriateness of her treatment. Ashlyn was prescribed:

• Vitamin C 1000 mg PO daily


• Vitamin D 2000 IU PO daily


• Zinc 60 mg PO daily


• Paracetamol 500 mg PO TID


• Metamizole 500 mg PO TID


• Dexketoprofen 25 mg PO BID


• Quercetin 250–500 mg PO daily


• Melatonin 3–5 mg PO qHS


• Black radish syrup PRN


• Propolis throat spray PRN


• Famotidine 40 mg PO daily


• Moxifloxacin 400 mg PO daily


• Fluconazole 150 mg PO x1


• Maxitrol nasal spray PRN

Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a podcast that explores the intersection of science and society.

Metamizole: Metamizole (Wikipedia) | Metamizole: An underrated agent causing severe idiosyncratic drug‐induced liver injury (PMC) | EU drugs watchdog probes painkiller linked to deaths (Health, The Guardian) | ‘They thought I had cancer’: painkiller banned in UK linked to Britons’ deaths in Spain (Drugs, The Guardian) | Just a moment…

Propolis and Phytotherapy: Propolis (Wikipedia) | Dacia Plant Propolis Spray (NatuRemedies) | Propolis: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews (WebMD) | Phytotherapy: Definition, Research & Principles (Cleveland Clinic) | Quercetin (Wikipedia)

Colloidal Silver: Colloidal silver (WikiDoc)

Vitamin D and Zinc Supplementation: Twice-Daily Oral Zinc in the Treatment of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial (PubMed) | Effect of High-Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs Usual Care on Symptom Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA Network) | Vitamin D and Zinc Supplementation to Improve Treatment Outcomes among COVID-19 Patients in India: Results from a Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial (PMC) | Vitamin D for COVID-19: where are we now? (Nature Reviews Immunology)

Acetaminophen: Acetaminophen (UpToDate)

NSAIDs: Ibuprofen (UpToDate) | Naproxen (UpToDate) | Ketorolac (UpToDate) | Dexketoprofen (UpToDate)

Melatonin: Melatonin (UpToDate)

Histamine H2 Antagonists: Famotidine (UpToDate) | Ranitidine (UpToDate)

Maxitrol: Maxitrol (UpToDate)

Moxifloxacin: Moxifloxacin (UpToDate)

Fluconazole: Fluconazole (UpToDate)

Paxlovid: Paxlovid (UpToDate)

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