A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus

Robert59

Robert59

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Now I live in Tennesee. Did live in Michigan.
I read about a double-blind study in Brazil that had to be stopped because participants were dying of heart attacks.
 
The study in Brazil included higher doses of hcq than with malaria patients and included the anti-biotic azithromycin which is known for it's possible side effects on the heart.

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-chloroquine-study-in-brazil-aborted-after-deaths/a-53188219

A doctor in NY already found at least one substitute antibiotic doxycyline. The antibiotic used in a cocktail seems to be part of the issue.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/long-island-doctor-tries-new-hydroxychloroquine-for-covid-19-patients/
 
And yet, there's a guy from the town down the road, among others, who credits his recovery to this drug. If President Trump hadn't touted it, would you feel differently? If I got this disease, and I was on death's door, I'd take it.
 
Placebo effect? Double blind trials are necessary to determine whether the people with the treatment have better outcomes than the people who just receive a dummy drug.

My dad used to treat our childhood ills with butter pills. He would take about a teaspoon of butter and rub it into a ball, then roll it in sugar. It always made us feel better and more importantly, did us no harm. However, penicillin was much better at treating bacterial infections.
 

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