My 17-year-old daughter just tested positive. This raises several questions, all of which are probably answered somewhere on this board. However, rather than reading through thousands of posts looking for a few answers, I figured I would post separately.

• What supplements should she be taking right now? I've seen the recommendation of 50,000 IU of Vit D, but I'm not clear if that is supposed to be all at once, or spaced out over time. I don't want her to end up with kidney stones. What about Zinc, Quercetin, CoQ10, etc? Are those more preventative or will they help after testing positive?
• What about the rest of our family who are not currently experiencing symptoms? Should we increase our dosage of any of the supplements now?

I apologize for knowingly starting a new thread about information that I know has been covered previously.

Here's Dr. Coates' recommendation:


Quercetin from 250mg up to 1g twice per day Remember this is a Zinc ionophore.
Vitamin D3 Take this for sure if you are deficient and I now recommend taking it either daily or weekly as long as your values are not too high. Remember too much vitamin D can cause issues. However, if you are diagnosed with Covid-19 take 50,000IU immediately as this appears to have significant benefits.
Sleep greater than 8 hours per night
CoQ10 100-300mg per day: a potent antioxidant that potentially helps balance oxidative stress, increase vasodilation, prevent clot formation and decrease vasoconstriction.
Zinc any amount is probably good but take what you can tolerate without making you feel bad up to 40mg. You do not want to be Zinc deficient as it is how many drugs like HCQ work.
Melatonin 0.1mg to 10mg at night. Take what you can tolerate and what helps you sleep without making you feel drugged or tired in the morning. If you are diabetic watch your sugars.
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) - 600mg twice per day shown to decrease severity of influenza, improve lung functions in COPD, antioxidant properties, potentially helps prevent clotting and with mental disorders. Caution for asthmatics as there is potential for bronchospasm but this is rare.
Vitamin C 250mg to 500mg twice per day. Effects debatable in oral form but IV did help in China. But is proven to strengthen immune system
Green Tea either drink some or 1 pill per day alternate zinc ionophore if you don't have or don't take Quercetin
Famotidine 10-20mg twice per day potentially inhibits viral replication and helps with heartburn
Baby Aspirin 81mg aspirin to thin blood and help prevent clots but only after discussing with your physician to make sure you have no contraindications to its use.

SVaggie84 said:

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Here's Dr. Coates' recommendation:


Quercetin from 250mg up to 1g twice per day Remember this is a Zinc ionophore.
Vitamin D3 Take this for sure if you are deficient and I now recommend taking it either daily or weekly as long as your values are not too high. Remember too much vitamin D can cause issues. However, if you are diagnosed with Covid-19 take 50,000IU immediately as this appears to have significant benefits.
Sleep greater than 8 hours per night
CoQ10 100-300mg per day: a potent antioxidant that potentially helps balance oxidative stress, increase vasodilation, prevent clot formation and decrease vasoconstriction.
Zinc any amount is probably good but take what you can tolerate without making you feel bad up to 40mg. You do not want to be Zinc deficient as it is how many drugs like HCQ work.
Melatonin 0.1mg to 10mg at night. Take what you can tolerate and what helps you sleep without making you feel drugged or tired in the morning. If you are diabetic watch your sugars.
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) - 600mg twice per day shown to decrease severity of influenza, improve lung functions in COPD, antioxidant properties, potentially helps prevent clotting and with mental disorders. Caution for asthmatics as there is potential for bronchospasm but this is rare.
Vitamin C 250mg to 500mg twice per day. Effects debatable in oral form but IV did help in China. But is proven to strengthen immune system
Green Tea either drink some or 1 pill per day alternate zinc ionophore if you don't have or don't take Quercetin
Famotidine 10-20mg twice per day potentially inhibits viral replication and helps with heartburn
Baby Aspirin 81mg aspirin to thin blood and help prevent clots but only after discussing with your physician to make sure you have no contraindications to its use.

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Yes, I've read that. However, I don't know if those are preventative, or if I should put my daughter on all of those now that she's positive. I also don't know how to administer 50,000 IU -- over time or all at once? Finally, I don't know if my own dosage of those should increase now that I have been exposed.

They don't prevent it, but can strengthen your immune system. The thought is that they would be beneficial to your daughter now that she has it and helpful to the rest of you in an attempt to avoid it or lessen the symptoms if you do contract it.

Another recommendation as the parent of a 19yo who had it: keep her hydrated. We thought our daughter was drinking "enough," but she had a persistent headache that wouldn't go away no matter what she took. We upped her fluid intake and added Liquid IV to one glass of water a day and her headaches went away.