Are there truly any medications or treatments for COVID/19?

[Matchew76]

I am extremely scared to contract this COVID/19 virus because my surgeon told me not even go around anyone who is sick for 2 or 3 months because I had a really bad lung infection after a bout with double pneumonia. With only one lung, I can't afford to contract this virus or it could be deadly indeed.  Could I ask my doctor for Remsdivir or is it not available at the time?

[ppowb]

Gilead developed this med for SARS and had some doses in store for the recent trial. Production is a long process and there isn’t more on the shelf. They talked about Christmas before it would be available in any volume.

Yes, with your background it will pay to be super careful. Best not to get sucked into the current trend to relax precautions - a second wave is brewing.

[Paxiled]

This drug has now been approved by the FDA for emergency use.  It doesn't actually work very well by the current study.  They do hope that it might prove effective for those in the early stages of the disease, but it's not a preventative, it just shortens the time for a small percentage of the people given it to recover from it in the hospital.  It only saved them a few days.  There was no statistically significant difference in death for those on it and those not on it.  It barely beat placebo.  The hopeful part of it isn't this drug, it's that the fact this drug showed some positive benefit in a double blinded study at all gives more guidance to those researching treatments of one avenue that might work.  Stay home, stay safe.  Peace.

[auntiejessi]

I get the fear. I'm higher risk too, though you probably have more concern than I do.

When you go out, if you are, are you wearing a mask? What kind of mask are you wearing? Is it layered or does it have a pocket for a filter? The filter can be anything from a paper towel to a coffee filter to one that's made for masks, which you can buy on Amazon (though there are some delays in getting them).

Staying 6 ft away from people is really important, too.

If you wear gloves, make sure you dispose of them before getting home - or even getting in your car - or your just contaminating your home/car. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/poster-how-to-remove-gloves.pdf is a good graphic for how to take the gloves off.

Washing your hands is also vital.

Staying home is probably the most important way for you to protect yourself, if you can just stay home.

Since treatments are for after we get it, do everything you can to prevent getting it.

[AnnieBrooke]

It isn't being used as a preventative, in other words, 'Remdesivir would not be something to take in advance to keep from getting the disease. It's a powerful drug, only given by IV in a hospital setting, and so far, only to patients who are severely ill with Covid-19. They are doing some testing now to see if hospitalized Covid-19 patients with more moderate illness will benefit from Remdesivir, but so far that is not how it is being used. And again, this is for people already sick, and involves getting it for five days by IV in the hospital. There is some hope that further down the road they might make it in a form of an inhaled medication or through the skin, but still it sounds like they would only use it for patients who already have Covid-19, and like it is intended only to be given in the hospital setting.

Here's an interview with the president of their company (Savannah Guthrie interviewing Daniel O'Day). You might find it interesting. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/05/01/remdesivir-maker-moving-very-quickly-with-fda-on-possible-coronavirus-use-ceo-says/24164353/

[AnxiousNoMore]

It is a powerful medication and likely will not be available for a while for people like you who are not positive for Covid, until the negative effects and positive effects have been determined. It is very early days for the trials of this medicine and it may do more harm than good for a person, depending on what stage their disease has progressed to. In fact until the trial results are out, no one can know if it does overall good for the patient.
You can ask your doctor if he thinks you should try to get into a trial.