HYDERABAD: Despite a number of fancy treatment options popping up on social media, experts maintain that the treatment protocol for treating Covid-19, whether it is
Omicron or Delta variant, is largely the same. They have asked people to steer clear of fancy names like antibody cocktail method, steroids and antibiotics, including doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.
“. Even if one finds out the variant, the treatment is the same. Very few cases require non invasive oxygen support. People should not get carried away by fancy treatment modules,” director public health
Dr G Srinivasa Rao
said on Tuesday.
“We are seeing many patients asking for medicines that they searched on the Internet, others are asking to be put on oxygen even when they do not require it. We are explaining to them that there is no need to panic as majority of the patients do not require any major treatment. In fact, the new variant is self limiting within four to five days and all that we need in such cases is paracetamol and in advanced cases molnupiravir or oxygen support. We do not have any patient on ventilator currently,” said a doctor from the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (TIMS), Gachibowli.
Mild to moderate cases do not even require hospitalisation. “Treatment of Covid depends on risk factors, severity. Mild cases with no risk factors can be treated at home to relieve symptoms and include rest, fluid intake and pain relievers. In high-risk cases, 3-gene multiplex RT-PCR testing may be done before using
Covid Cocktail
(Casirivimab and
Imdevimab
) as cocktail method is ineffective against Omicron,” said Dr
K Usha Rani
, senior consultant physician, Aster Prime Hospital.
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