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Originally Posted by Merde Furieux
OH? But it's ok for you and your fan boys to hit and run, there?
FACT
Hydroxychloroquine -- has been in use for 65 years for the prevention or treatment of malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. It is officially labeled a safe drug. Many doctors treating COVID-19 patients have found and reported HCQ, when used early enough together with zinc and the antibiotic Azithromycin to be an effective and safe treatment.
You don't like it? Tough tulips.
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https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.c...hs-coronavirus
For this latest study, published on medRxiv and still awaiting a peer review, the researchers assessed data from 368 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19. All patients were treated at medical centers affiliated with he U.S. Veterans Health Administration through April 11, 2020. Each patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine alone (97 patients), both hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin (113 patients) or no hydroxychloroquine at all (158 patients).
Overall, patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone experienced a death rate of 27.8%. Patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin had a death rate of 22.1%, and patients receiving neither treatment had a death rate of 11.4%. The risk of ventilation was similar for all three groups.
“In this study, we found no evidence that use of hydroxychloroquine, either with or without azithromycin, reduced the risk of mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with COVID-19,” wrote Joseph Magagnoli, MS, University of South Carolina, and colleagues. “An association of increased overall mortality was identified in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone. These findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies before widespread adoption of these drugs.”
Death rate is too high for use in widespread medical prescriptions. Even if it's the best we have at this time, doesn't make it a good option for some. 22% to 27% might be an acceptable death rate for you individually, but not for the medical community to recommend wide spread use.