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Hyped Malaria Pill Doesn’t Help Clear Coronavirus in Study
Bloomberg ^

Posted on 04/15/2020 8:13:40 AM PDT by Factuality

There were more side effects in the group of 75 people who took hydroxychloroquine, but they were mostly mild, the most common being diarrhea. The researchers, led by Wei Tang of Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, wrote that the medicine’s anti-inflammatory effects probably helped alleviate patients’ symptoms.

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KEYWORDS: chinamikebloomberg; drugs; medication
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To: Factuality

Red China would never lie


21 posted on 04/15/2020 8:24:21 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Factuality

More Panda Breath.


22 posted on 04/15/2020 8:24:43 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Wu Flu! (when I feel heavy metal) Wu Flu! (when I'm pins and I'm needles) Wu Flu!)
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To: Factuality

Do we give a damn what comes out of China ???!?

MSM is still in love with the ChiComs


23 posted on 04/15/2020 8:25:36 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: FlipWilson

Hey, the Chinese have been completely honest and forthcoming thus far haven’t they...? /S

When I saw the doctor’s name, Sum Ting Wong, I thought, “Oh Lord, so the Chinese say...!”


24 posted on 04/15/2020 8:26:13 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Factuality

Chinese study, only 75 patients, near death, most likely w underlying conditions (which may have been the true cause of death) neither zinc or Z-Pack mentioned from what I could see before the pay wall. Fake study. Expect more as the left’s fight against a cure continues.


25 posted on 04/15/2020 8:27:04 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: cuban leaf

“My GAWD they think we are stupid.”

Well, they KNOW the Dem voters are stupid, so that’s who they are mostly targeting with this drivel. Those and the fringe idiot never-Trumpers.

I think the Chinese are trying to lessen the worldwide demand for it so that there will be more available for them as Covid is probably burning through that country like a wild fire.


26 posted on 04/15/2020 8:27:13 AM PDT by a real Sheila (Love my golden retrievers!)
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To: Factuality

75 HCQ patients divided by H,M,L sevirity, split across 16 centers given this regimen:

Interventions HCQ was administrated with a loading dose of 1, 200 mg daily for three days followed by a maintained dose of 800 mg daily for the remaining days (total treatment duration: 2 or 3 weeks for mild/moderate or severe patients, respectively).

No zinc, no Az.

Not a big sample size.

Really high doses of HCQ. Primary side effect was diahrrea (duh).


27 posted on 04/15/2020 8:27:36 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Unredact the 99 Collyer Report!!!)
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To: libh8er

And yes HCQ will have its own side effects too as do most powerful and effective medication. But these are temporary and go away once treatment is stopped. But see how the media is latching onto the side effects as evidence the medication doesn’t work.


28 posted on 04/15/2020 8:28:36 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Normandy
The statistically significant drop in CRP is interesting, and warrants further study. There was also a greater decrease in lymphocytosis in the hydroxychloroquine group - though it didn't reach statistical significance. It's a small study, and to me just shows the potential problems with trying to ‘rush’ a clinical trial.
29 posted on 04/15/2020 8:28:57 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: djpg

I wonder what they think this drug does to malaria?


30 posted on 04/15/2020 8:30:44 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Factuality

Last night I read a report where they are trying to get Rita Wilson to say HCQ doesn’t work. So now we know she was on it, and him too, and they are both alive and doing well after a relatively short illness.


31 posted on 04/15/2020 8:31:08 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er
It’s about preventing immune overreaction (cytokine storm) and thus death from organ failure. And the zinc may have inhibitory effect on viral replication which may shorten the duration. Nobody said anything about popping these pills and Coronavirus getting “cleared”.

Agreed. The whole point should be preventing people from dying and reducing damage. Even if this allows the disease to run its full natural course before "clearing". I'd think in a way, this would be a good thing. You alleviate the symptoms, save the patient, and allow the patient's body to gradually continue to generate antibodies to better ensure future immunity. This would not only promote that person's immunity, but would also increase the rate of "herd immunity" as well (less people able to transmit the disease).

If the HCQ simply wiped the virus out, that would be awesome. But in a way, mitigating symptoms while allowing the body to develop its own natural immunity could be as big or a bigger win.
32 posted on 04/15/2020 8:32:04 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Factuality
This should be fun watching the dems cite China as a trustworthy leader of the world.
33 posted on 04/15/2020 8:32:33 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Factuality

Its a therapeutic that is saving lives.


34 posted on 04/15/2020 8:32:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Here’s the question that MUST BE RAISED when they do a study on Hydroxychloroquine for CoVid-19 CoVid-19 patients-— AT WHAT POINT IN THE DISEASE DID THEY START ADMINISTERING THE DRUG?

The pharmacists won’t dispense the drug unless there is a “positive” COVID-19 test. The problem is that the test may not be available or take days to get a result.

Physicians want to start hydroxychloroquine and zithromax with the onset of fever and dry cough.

If you have to wait for shortness of breath and actual pneumonia, the therapy may not work.

If these tests are intentionally designed to administer HCQ when the patient’s condition is so severe that he has to be intubated, then it is not a fair test. HCQ was never intended to help the patient at a very late stage of the disease, all successful studies show that it must be given as soon as CoVid-19 symptoms are manifested.


35 posted on 04/15/2020 8:32:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Factuality

The symptoms are what kills ya.


36 posted on 04/15/2020 8:32:51 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: George from New England

>>MSM is still in love with the ChiComs

They were in 1997 too when CCCP took over Hong Kong.


37 posted on 04/15/2020 8:33:03 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: Factuality

How did you get to post a Bloomberg article? I thought the site was not allowed because of copyright issues...


38 posted on 04/15/2020 8:34:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Factuality

But did they ask them if they ever ate carrots?


39 posted on 04/15/2020 8:38:27 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: FlipWilson
Yep - I bet the WHO sponsored this studyhit piece..
40 posted on 04/15/2020 8:38:40 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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