Full-dose blood thinners for COVID-19 help keep patients off ventilators

This is what I have been planning to do ever since the earliest heparin data came out. 

Notice you need to get this done prior to becoming critical. 

I'm not medically trained but due to the research I'm reading I'm doing heparin.

Why I'm getting heparin.  Heparin binds to cells at a site adjacent to ACE2, the portal for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and "potently" blocks the virus, which could open up therapy options.

Anticoagulation Again Shown to Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients;-Mortality risk about 50% lower

But this research below suggests not due to bleeding risks. I'll take that risk since I've been on warfarin, aspirin and had Lovenox shots. 

COVID-Related Strokes Especially Severe, Result in Worse Outcomes

The paragraph from there:

"On the other hand, in most patients with COVID-19 associated ischaemic stroke, very early anti-coagulation is probably not warranted as a strategy to prevent inpatient stroke recurrence, as this outcome is too uncommon to justify the increased risk of secondary haemorrhage," according to the group.(So you wait until the clots are severe before you do anti-coagulation. OK, not for me.)

You doctor better know the EXACT PROTOCOL to prevent these complications. 

The latest here:

Full-dose blood thinners for COVID-19 help keep patients off ventilators

 

Full-dose blood thinners help keep patients off ventilators

A trio of trials has found that giving full-dose blood thinning treatments to moderately ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19 reduced their need for vital organ support, such as mechanical ventilation, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Friday. Blood clotting is a serious problem in COVID-19. The three trials, conducted at more than 300 hospitals on four continents, tested whether there is a greater benefit to administering a full dose of the blood thinner heparin compared to the lower dose typically used to prevent blood clots in hospitalized patients. In December, the researchers reported that the higher dose was harmful in patients already on life support. The new data show "that when we give higher doses of blood thinners to patients who are not already critically ill, it is beneficial and should become standard of care," study leader Matthew Neal of the University of Pittsburgh said in a statement. The researchers said the cheap, readily available treatment could help reduce the burden on intensive care units. The trials also suggest a possible survival benefit with full-dose heparin in patients not yet on life support, but that needs further study, the NIH said. The agency has not released the complete study data. (https://bit.ly/39j1BMp)