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Alternative medicine treatment
The
Fabunan Antiviral Injection
(
FAI
) is a patented medicine administered to patients by US-based
Filipino
doctors Ruben and Willie Fabunan, who assured that it can treat
dengue fever
,
chikungunya
, dog bite, snakebite, and
HIV
/AIDS.
[1]
Formulation
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Fabunan contains
procaine hydrochloride
, a water-soluble ester
anesthetic
, and
dexamethasone sodium phosphate
, a
corticosteroid
with well-known
anti-inflammatory
and
immunosuppressant
properties.
[2]
The solution is intended to be administered as an
intramuscular injection
.
Validity of claims
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The patent application cites six case studies for conditions such as
dengue
,
dengue hemorrhagic fever
and
AIDS
, which were all conducted at the Fabunan Medical Clinic in
Burgos
. To date, no registered
clinical trials
of the Fabunan Antiviral Injection have been performed to validate the Fabunans' claims.
COVID-19 claims
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Recent claims promoted on social media that it can cure
COVID-19
are not supported by the
Philippine government
, which has issued a
cease and desist order
to Fabunan Medical Clinic in
Zambales
, prompting the clinic to stop its operations on April 2.
[3]
[4]
On April 15, 2020, the
fact-checking
website
Rappler
warned against false claims on
YouTube
and
Facebook
that the so-called treatment had been approved, and pointed out that on April 8, 2020, the FDA warned the public against the use of drugs or vaccines that are not yet certified to treat COVID-19, particularly the Fabunan Antiviral Injection.
[5]
Similarly, claims popularly spread in YouTube videos in June 2020 that Fabunan has been approved in Indonesia have been demonstrated to be false.
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See also
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References
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- ^
Roxas, Patrick (March 30, 2020).
"Zambales docs concoct anti-viral medicine"
.
The Manila Times
. Archived from
the original
on April 1, 2020
. Retrieved
July 20,
2020
.
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US 6172053
, Fabunan, Ruben G., "Injection viral treatment", published 2001-01-09
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Gita-Carlos, Ruth Abbey (May 30, 2020).
"Fabunan drug not yet approved as COVID-19 cure: Palace"
.
Philippine News Agency
. Retrieved
July 20,
2020
.
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Maru, Davinci.
"Fabunan antiviral drug not yet approved, prohibited by FDA, Palace reiterates"
.
ABS-CBN News
. Retrieved
July 20,
2020
.
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"FALSE: PH-developed COVID-19 cure already approved"
.
Rappler
. April 15, 2020
. Retrieved
July 20,
2020
.
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"VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos on 'approval' of Fabunan Antiviral drug in PH, Indonesia ERRONEOUS"
.
VERA Files
. July 31, 2020
. Retrieved
June 23,
2021
.
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