Posted on 04/13/2020 3:21:05 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
On Saturday the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of two antimalarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and a related medication, chloroquine, for emergency use to treat COVID-19. The drugs were touted by President Trump as a game changer for COVID-19.
However, a study just published in a French medical journal provides new evidence that hydroxychloroquine does not appear to help the immune system clear the coronavirus from the body. The study comes on the heels of two others - one in France and one in China - that reported some benefits in the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 patients who didnt have severe symptoms of the virus.
I am a medicinal chemist who has specialized in discovery and development of antiviral drugs for the past 30 years, and I have been actively working on coronaviruses for the past seven. I am among a number of researchers who are concerned that this drug has been given too much of a high priority before there is enough evidence to show it is indeed effective.
There are already other clinical studies that showed it is not effective against COVID-19 as well as several other viruses. And, more importantly, it can have dangerous side effects, as well as giving people false hope. The latter has led to widespread shortages of hydroxychloroquine for patients who need it to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, the indications for which it was originally approved.
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I'm on your page.
Historically if you look at the far left, destruction of people in their way is just how it goes.
Beginning to wonder if we are there again.
I'm on your page.
Historically if you look at the far left, destruction of people in their way is just how it goes.
Beginning to wonder if we are there again.
Who gives a damn as long as the lung crushing symptoms go away!?!?!?
What means "not effective in treating Coronavirus"?!??!?!?
It damn well is EFFECTIVE IN TREATING CORONAVIRUS!!!
They're bitching cuz it "doesn't clear the virus"....ya, well, I'd rather wait for it to "clear" without the symptoms thank you!
I’m betting those 11 patients already had underlying health issues.
Many doctors are using it successfully. f course that is purely anecdotal being that it is not the result of rigourus and time wasting testing and trials by FDA. How many hundreds, now perhaps thousands, of anecdotes constitute or substitute for a convincing trial? We don’t have any negative anecdotes yet.
The best theory I have heard about how HCQ works is that it defends your red blood cells from being invaded and derived of their oxygen carrying capability by the Coronavirus.
If so, it would not be a requirement for a successful treatment that ACQ rids the body of the virus. Your body can do that on its own by creating antibodies.
That is if you dont die from oxygen deprivation first as a result of having a lesser than 100% immune system. Better to treat early. Thats what weve been told.
This model fits with both the facts and the French Study. Dont panic. Trump still looks right to me French Study or no French Study.
they need to also take Zinc!
“evidence that hydroxychloroquine does not appear to help the immune system clear the coronavirus from the body. “
Ahhhhh. Clever word play there.
Does Hydroxy destroy the virus?
OR
Does Hydroxy help people stay alive?
Two different questions.
If it helps keep people alive, and does not cause great harm, thats good enough for now.
Gee no agenda there. Im working on a cure. How dare you suggest something else
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You have zero idea why they are printing it. Very small study. Unclear treatment protocol. Plus the article is written by a viral scientist looking for a cure
ROFL! Sounds like something me and my bros would have done!
Our big thing was catching snakes and living in trees.
Yes! You are right, its not a vaccine!
I am betting that there was no real study at all.
Who ever heard of a serious medical study with just 11 patients?
Who has ever even heard of this woman anyways?
Read this when you have some time:
Why Most Published Research Findings
Are False
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?type=printable&id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
That’s right, 1000’s using HCQ and recovering-—we cannot recommend HCQ, 11 using it in a “study” and some do not recover-—(media screaming at the top of their lungs) we must ban the use of HCQ. Got it. Now, “Dr.” go jump off a very tall building.
I approve this message. :)
Also, look at this when you have some time. It's a bit of a long read but you get the drift from the summary.
Why Most Published Research Findings
Are False
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?type=printable&id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
No indication if they used zinc as a portion of the regimen. I suspect they have not. Besides, the group was extremely small, single digits participation. I guess some people want to publish no matter what...
Well then they are flat wrong if true.The proof is in the pudding.How many have been treated with hydroxychloroquine to date? Thousands? A prime minister? id say thats a hell of a test case wouldnt you?No way in hell would they “TEST” a drug on a PM if there was any reservations.
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