Posted on 01/07/2024 1:23:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
The drug hydroxychloroquine was prescribed off-label during the pandemic and touted in particular by a prominent French researcher.
The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine may have induced nearly 17,000 deaths in six countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This molecule was presented during the pandemic as a miracle cure by a minority of health professionals, among them the French microbiologist Didier Raoult.
The scientist’s belief that the drug was a cure for COVID-19 was soon echoed by some policymakers. French President Emmanuel Macron notably visited his facility and US President Donald Trump recommended the drug in 2020, stating that he had already taken it.
Avoiding COVID was about more than just keeping 2 metres apart, study finds The use of the drug sparked controversy as many health specialists noted the lack of research or scientific evidence of its effectiveness against COVID-19.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorisation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in March 2020 but revoked it in June.
The drug was found in particular to cause severe side effects such as heart rhythm abnormalities.
Nearly 17,000 deaths induced by hydroxychloroquine A new study published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy now estimates the fallout from the drug’s off-label use.
Researchers led by Jean-Christophe Lega, a Professor of Therapeutics in the Lyon, France hospital system, investigated studies conducted in France, the United States, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Turkey from March 2020 until July 2020.
"HCQ use was associated with an 11 per cent increase in the mortality rate in a meta-analysis of randomised trials," the study noted, citing a meta-analysis published in 2021 in Nature which the researchers used to calculate the number of deaths induced by the drug.
'It’s not gone. It’s changing. It’s killing': The COVID variants the WHO is watching closely The estimated number of deaths in European countries was roughly 240 in Belgium, 199 in France, 1,822 in Italy, and 1,895 in Spain.
"What we need to bear in mind is that this is a rough estimate, in the sense that it only concerns a few countries over a short period, and that the total number of deaths is probably much higher," Lega told French broadcaster France 3.
The results should be taken with caution as it is a statistical analysis. One limitation of the study was that in France, Turkey, and Belgium, in particular, data concerning exposure to the drug was scarce.
Yet the researchers say: "This result argues in favour of tightly regulating access to off-label prescriptions during future pandemics".
yet another bogus ‘meta-analysis’ from big gov’t med. Professor of Therapeutics...seriously?
the great Dr Z., who personally treated thousands safely with Hydroxycloroquine (before our gov’t banned it), is laughing derisively from the grave.
If they could have pinned one death on HCQ or IVM, it would have been front-page international news when they were pushing vaccines.
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I have taken both medications and credit them for keeping me 100% free of COVID symptoms from the day the Chinese launched that dreaded disease.
everything the media reports is a lie....all the data the govt releases is fraud....they are protecting themselves.....cya time....
Jonty30 wrote: “Vs how many saved? Any treatment is going to have a number of deaths associated with it because not everybody will be compatible with that treatment.”
Good question. Too bad the anti-vaxxer conspiracy cult doesn’t apply that standard to the vaccines.
Hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin was on the standard treatment protocols for hospitalized patients @ MGH and University of Washington - and at my hospital, from January to May 2020 at the first two, I hung on to it through the end of June — but once the dexamethasone data was out and nobody saw any therapeutic effect from HCQ its use in hospitalized patients was basically over.
Almost NO WAY to gather that data!!
Remdesivir is still in widespread use.
-PJ
Ha! See # 80.
Since you are a clinical Pharmacologist you will be familiar with P450 issues. A recent study indicates this drug is metabolized through that mechanism. That last time I looked it was 3 of them. Some of the Drug Interaction groups have not formalized it on their lists due to needing more studies before they make an official change.
It took me DECADES to find out I have P450 issues. No Doctor thought to check me. I have no doubt that P450 issues have caused complications with this drug and people just have no idea of it.
Even if you don’t have a genetic problem this drug can interact with other drugs and even OTC herbs through the P450 issue.
Too many blanket statements have been made about HCQ without really understanding it.
Btw, Ivermectin could cause a problem for those with a P Glycoprotein genetic issue. (Yep, I have that too)
I have a prescription for HCQ. I don’t take it because there is no way to tell how I am metabolizing it. You can get a test for the overall HCQ but you can’t get the breakdown except through a research study. One study showed that the people with retina problems had a higher percentage of one of the metabolites.
“a prominent French researcher.” How much in his bank account NOW?
Remdesivir is still in widespread use.
Of course it is. It’s their (and, BigPharma recipients) alternate money maker.
Sickening.
Maybe many of us did and determined that the vaccine wasnt going to save anybody and it’s only function was to make Fauci $30 million and the Big Pharma $100 billion in profit?
BS, these no good murderers are trying to shift the blame and make excuses for the fact their death inducing fake vaxes are causing all these deaths.
People have taken Hydroxy for many years so this is pure crap.
Euro News does not impress me.
Shhhhh!! The few remaining FRoctors, and, BigPharma don’t want anyone knowing about this.
False.
Yep, they plan on releasing more viruses and now they will make sure they take whatever may cure people off the market prior to releasing another pandemic.
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