US doctors claim that Trump's controversial Hydroxychloroquine drug DOES help 91% of Coronavirus patients and argue we should not wait for 'controlled trials'

Daily Mail ^ | 04/29/2020 | By NATALIE RAHHAL ACTING US HEALTH EDITOR

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The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 percent of patients treated with the controversial medication, a physicians group claims.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presented data on 2,333 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine - including two supervised by Dr Oz - across the globe that shows 91.6 percent of those who got the drug fared better after treatment.

In a letter to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, the group urged that doctors should not wait for results of gold standard tests of the drug to start using it in coronavirus patients and should instead base their use of it on reasonable interpretations of limited available data.

AAPS's endorsement of the drug comes after a Veteran Affairs study of hydroxychloroquine found that those who took the drug were more likely to die, casting doubt over the potential treatment that President Trump has hailed a 'game changer.'

The group of doctors dismissed those preliminary results, claiming that the 52 people who died were already very sick, meaning their outcomes are 'not indicative' of hydroxychloroquine's effects and that the drug would work better if used in patients with less critical illness.

AAPS, which opposes what it refers to as healthcare 'reform,' including Medicare for All proposals, presents 'information from some larger patient groups, alongside reports on single patients.

'Waiting for fixed randomized controlled trials during a pandemic when time is of the essence, a Bayesian approach to the assessment of diagnostic and therapeutic probabilities is wise and efficient and will save time, money and lives if the physicians are given a chance to retain their autonomy and practice medicine to the best of their abilities,' the group writes.

[Ann Archy]

And Fraud Fauci is VERY SAD!

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Steve_Seattle]

"the controversial medication"

It was never "controversial" until Trump started mentioning it in the CV press briefings, based on promising reports that were coming in from reputable doctors in several countries. Since the press reflexively opposes everything Trump says, this safe drug that has been used for 60 years suddenly became "controversial."

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . a VA study found more patients treated with it died than those given standard care . . . "

That is because the drug was only given to patients who did not respond to standard care; it was not administered early in the treatment, as EVERY doctor who uses it recommends. All the study "proved" is that the drug didn't save patients who were also not saved by standard treatment.

[Pollard]

https://twitter.com/jennfranconews/status/1255539477516136455

Dr. Anthony Fauci says phase 1 of a study testing the drug Remdesivir showed promising results for treating people infected with COVID-19.

He says its “opening the door that we now have the capability of treating.”

(I wonder how much big pharma will sell Fauci for? It’s becoming obvious they own him)

[Truthoverpower]

The truth sure seems to win out a lot faster now than it used to! M
Lying Democrats and their lying scum bag media need to be held to account

[faucetman]

Wait! I thought it KILLED people? /s

I thought it was worse than doing nothing? /s

I thought it had devastating side effects? /s

All those people that survived because of hydroxychloroquine must IMMEDIATELY turn themselves in to the nearest Soylent Green factory.