Doctor: Cocktail drug speeds up Covid recovery

NEW DELHI:

BLK-Max Hospital

on Tuesday claimed two patients who were given monoclonal antibody cocktail recently have recovered from Covid within eight days, which is a record.


According to an official statement,

Suresh Kumar Trehan

and

Sunirmal Ghatak

, both senior citizens, were administered the experimental therapy on June 1.

“We conducted

RT-PCR test

on two Covid-positive patients eight days after developing symptoms and it turned out to a definite negative. They were administered antibodies cocktail therapy within three days of obtaining a Covid-positive report. This is the fastest-ever recovery reported in patients, particularly senior citizens suffering from comorbidities,” Dr Sandeep Nayar, senior director and head of the department of chest and respiratory diseases at the hospital, said.

The monoclonal antibody cocktail, which was given to former US President Donald Trump last year when he contracted Covid, was launched in India last month. The therapy in India is priced at Rs 59,750 per dose.

“In the light of this development, the monoclonal antibody cocktail can safely be termed as a ‘game-changer’ in the fight against Covid,” Dr Nayar said.