Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines - US NIH

 So I guess your doctors are still shooting in the dark since these are guidelines NOT PROTOCOLS. They seem to be after you get to the hospital, not treatments that will prevent you from having to go to the hospital.

I see nothing on heparin, colchicine or aspirin.

But I'm not medically trained so don't listen to me. Don't tough this out at home. 

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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.)

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Colchicine:

Colchicine reduces hospitalization, death in COVID-19

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Aspirin:

This Common Medication Could Save You From Deadly COVID Complications

 

Researchers found that hospitalized COVID patients who took a daily low dose of aspirin had a significantly lower risk of complications and death from the virus. Aspirin users were 43 percent less likely to be put in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 44 percent less likely to be placed on a ventilator. They also had a 47 percent decrease in the risk of dying from their coronavirus infection compared to hospitalized patients who were not taking daily aspirin doses.

But I'm sure your doctor will be more worried about bleeding risks from aspirin. I'm doing 325(low dose is 81) and have been for 15 years.

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The latest here:

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines - US NIH