'Using medications off-label is all about risk-benefit' Would appear so if the above equation made sense. If a patient is critical likely to die, the risk is low (re drug interactions) while the potential benefit is high. That's how we got 'right to try' laws. It is like the doctor not prescribing pain meds to a terminal cancer patient because of the risk of addiction.
If hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin is effective against covid-19, I wonder why it hasn’t been tried to treat other forms of flu with similar symptoms? Or maybe it has and I just haven’t seen mention of it. Or maybe they’re different enough it isn’t effective, but all I’ve heard is it’s very effective against malaria, which is spread by insect/animal bites and which mainly causes vomiting, fever, and headache - not respiratory symptoms.
xone wrote:
“’Using medications off-label is all about risk-benefit’ Would appear so if the above equation made sense. If a patient is critical likely to die, the risk is low (re drug interactions) while the potential benefit is high. That’s how we got ‘right to try’ laws. It is like the doctor not prescribing pain meds to a terminal cancer patient because of the risk of addiction.”
ThankQ!!!