02/05/2021
According to Dr K K Aggarwal (Heart care foundation)
COVID treatment
Code 1 – CONTACT : Ivermectin 12 mg and doxycycline 100 mg daily x 3 days, Betadine or neem gargles, Vitamins and minerals, Colchine 0.5 mg one daily for 21 days if CRP > 1. High protein diet, adequate fluids and sleep.
Quarantine children’s < 12 no treatment. Precautions first 5 days and shift to code 2 if symptoms appear.
Code 2 – MILD COVID: (Loss / altered smell, taste, fever 101 F , or CRP >10 or rising , or Pneumonia , or falling oxygen on exercise, or breathlessness) : Add to code 1 + 2 : oxygen at home , start steroids prednisolone 1 mg per kg daily or equivalent (methyl prednisolone) dose or dexamethasone 12 mg for 10 days(if not contraindicated) PLUS warf 5 mg daily (or dabigatran 150 mg or rivaroxaban 15 mg or apixaban 5 mg twice daily) for 21 days. Add pulmoheal one daily (08800893315) if pneumonia. Persistent breathless or rising CRP inspite of treatment consider admission and repeat HRCT scan for advanced treatment. If initial CT score is > 8/25, fever > 104, breathless, SPO2