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Weight-Adjusted Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin Boosted Survival of Ventilated COVID-19 Patients by 200 Percent: Study
epoch times ^ | 6/9/2021 | TOM OZIMEK

Posted on 06/09/2021 10:48:20 AM PDT by bitt

A new study has found that the use of weight-adjusted Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Azithromycin (AZM) improved the survival of ventilated COVID-19 patients by nearly 200 percent.

The observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was based on a re-analysis of 255 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) during the first two months of the pandemic in the United States.

The researchers found that, when the HCQ/AZM combination was given at lower dosages to treat ventilated COVID-19 patients, the risk of death was over three times higher.

“We found that when the cumulative doses of two drugs, HCQ and AZM, were above a certain level, patients had a survival rate 2.9 times the other patients,” the authors of the study noted.

“By using causal analysis and considering of weight-adjusted cumulative dose, we prove the combined therapy, >3 g HCQ and > 1g AZM greatly increases survival in COVID patients on IMV and that HCQ cumulative dose > 80 mg/kg works substantially better,” they wrote.

While the authors acknowledged that, since patients with higher doses of HCQ had higher doses of AZM, they “cannot solely attribute the causal effect to HCQ/AZM combination therapy.”

“However, it is likely AZM does contribute significantly to this increase in survival rate. Since higher dose HCQ/AZM therapy improves survival by nearly 200 [percent] in this population, the safety data are moot,” they added.

Hydroxychloroquine—an anti-inflammatory and anti-malarial drug—has been one of the most contested treatments for COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.

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To: gas_dr

Obviously you are a quack.


21 posted on 06/09/2021 7:30:02 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

Perhaps you wish to give some real detail behind your ad hominem attack. Please let m know your treatment history with these medications, your current understanding of monoclonals and the state of the art treatment of mild, moderate and advanced disease, including parameters that indicate what phase the disease is in.

I eagerly await your ability to actually discuss the disease.


22 posted on 06/09/2021 7:35:59 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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To: Karl Spooner

Oh and I also await your real analysis of the article (non-peer reviewed observational study) that is the subject of this post


23 posted on 06/09/2021 7:36:58 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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