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Originally Posted by Monticore
Some people can develop bacterial infections secondary to getting a virus causing URTI, maybe they are doing well with this treatment since sounds like HCQ does better with the Z-pac, or there could be a thousand other reasons , if that combo of drugs had zero side effects it might be different.
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Azithromycin was the standard of care for community acquired pneumonia for years before increasing strep pneumo resistance required a reevaluation in the most recent treatment guidelines.
It would help prevent a bacterial superinfection, which is where I'd bet the clinical benefits arrive from. I'd also bet you'd get similar results using doxycycline without the QT prolongation.
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