It’s not clear how the President could have cleared Carson to take the antibody treatment or if Carson got Regeneron’s treatment. The company in October applied to the FDA asking for emergency use authorization of its antibody treatment. When Trump had Covid-19 last month, he received Regeneron’s experimental antibody treatment, which is still in large-scale clinical trials but has been available for compassionate use – something the FDA has to approve on an individual basis, as it did for the President. “President Trump, the fabulous White House medical team, and the phenomenal doctors at Walter Reed have been paying very close attention to my health and I do believe I am out of the woods at this point,” he added. “However, I have several co-morbidities and after a brief period when I only experienced minor discomfort, the symptoms accelerated and I became desperately ill,” Carson wrote.Ĭarson claimed that President Donald Trump was monitoring his condition and cleared the secretary to receive a monoclonal antibody therapy given to Trump in October when he was diagnosed with Covid.Ĭarson wrote that he believes the treatment saved his life. In a Facebook post Friday giving an update on his condition, Carson shared that he was “extremely sick” with the virus and that he initially saw “dramatic improvement” from a product he took, which is not FDA-approved or a proven treatment for Covid-19. Carson tested positive last Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Friday he became “desperately ill” from Covid-19, but now believes he is “out of the woods” after receiving an antibody treatment.Ĭarson, 69, was among the latest Trump administration officials or campaign advisers who have tested positive for Covid-19.
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