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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15
Which means there are plenty of "doctors" breaking their oath everyday by promoting something that hasn't been rightfully tested or approved to treat COVID-19.
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It's being tested for off-label use, and that's fine. I understand the desire to try therapeutics, including unproven ones, in this case, without strong evidence. But people need to understand that the evidence is not strong.
Unfortunately, clinicians overstate efficacy and underestimate safety concerns. It's basically the axiom of the need for evidence-based medicine.
We need rigorously designed trials in theory, but I also know that we don't have time for them in this case. Consequently, any information taken from those trials must be viewed with extreme skepticism, because the normal procedures for constructing a truly robust trial aren't being followed and can't be followed to the extent we need for a truly definitive judgment.