Category: Remdesivir

FDA Approves Drug Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment in People With Kidney Problems, Despite Data Showing Renal Failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 14 approved Veklury, also known as remdesivir, to treat COVID-19 in people with severe renal impairment, including dialysis, despite data showing the drug increases the risk of kidney failure. Remdesivir is an antiviral medication that targets the RNA in viruses to prevent replication. The FDA first…


The Research Behind Remdesivir

Remdesivir was the first medication approved for use in treating COVID-19 and one of the most expensive. The drug is priced at $3,120 for a five-day treatment under private health insurance plans, and for U.S. government health programs, the cost is $2,340 per regimen. In treatment guidelines published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),…


Man Who Blames Loss of Daughter to COVID Hospital Treatment Protocols Helps Extract a Patient Being Treated With Controversial Drug

After Grace Schara’s death in a hospital where she had been given a combination of a sedative, an anxiety medication, and morphine, her parents launched a crusade to bring attention to what they call “Death Protocols” so that no one had to experience what they did. “When I discovered that my daughter was murdered, all…


Kaiser Permanente Sued for Wrongful Death After California Husband’s Remdesivir Treatment Fails

Before Rodney Briones’ physicians at Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center in California treated him with Remdesivir, they allegedly did not disclose the risks to him or to his wife, Christina, and did not obtain informed consent, according to a complaint filed by the Briones family. The couple had gone to the managed care consortium for…


Hospital Workers Speak Out About COVID Protocols From Coast to Coast

For months, Americans lived in fear about contracting COVID-19, hearing stories about infected patients ending up on ventilators in hospitals while constantly being told that getting vaccinated would prevent such a situation and contraction of the disease itself. From mandatory lockdowns and students forced to navigate the challenges of virtual school to businesses shut down…


‘Hospital Holocaust’: Woman Escapes COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols, Says Others Not So Lucky

Over a week after Gail Seiler’s physician had given her a terminal diagnosis, her husband, Brad Seiler, wheeled her out of the back door of the hospital where she had been admitted for COVID-19 on Dec. 3, 2021. “I’m so sorry, Mrs. Seiler, but you are going to die,” she recalled her physician telling her…


Woman Escapes COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols, Says Others Not So Lucky

Over a week after Gail Seiler’s physician had given her a terminal diagnosis, her husband, Brad Seiler, wheeled her out of the back door of the hospital where she had been admitted for COVID-19 on Dec. 3, 2021. “I’m so sorry, Mrs. Seiler, but you are going to die,” she recalled her physician telling her…


‘Uninformed Consent’: 3 California Hospitals Face Lawsuits for Use of ‘Remdesivir Protocol’ Attorneys Allege Led to Wrongful Death

Three hospitals in California face lawsuits alleging they treated patients with the controversial antiviral drug remdesivir without receiving informed consent, using a protocol which two attorneys allege led to wrongful death. Daniel Watkins with Watkins & Letofsky and Michael Hamilton with Hamilton & Associates filed three complaints—one against Saint Agnes Medical Center, Community Regional Medical…


Building an Alternative Medical Economy in Response to ‘Tyranny’: Telehealth CEO

Military veteran and entrepreneur Adam Hardage aims to build an alternative medical economy in response to what he calls “tyranny” in the nation. Hardage is CEO and co-founder of Remote Health Solutions (RHS), along with Dr. Jon Baugh, its chief medical officer. The two started the company five years ago, focusing on high-quality telemedicine care….


Controversial Drug Remdesivir Plays Key Role in COVID-Related Hospital Deaths: Dr. Ardis

The antiviral medication remdesivir has played a controversial role in the COVID-19 treatment protocols used by hospitals that many families allege resulted in the death of their loved ones. Among the drug’s potential side effects is acute kidney failure, which many physicians argue is the source of the same symptom reported by the medical establishment…