Posted on 04/08/2020 9:17:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several hospitals in Sweden have reportedly stopped administering chloroquine to coronavirus patients following reports the drug was causing adverse side effects.
According to the national paper Expressen, hospitals in the Västra Götaland region are no longer offering the antimalarial medication, with side effects reported to include cramps and the loss of peripheral vision.
One of the patients affected was Carl Sydenhag, a 40-year-old Stockholm resident. According to Expressen, Sydenhag was prescribed two tablets of chloroquine to take daily after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 23.
But instead of making him feel better, the medication produced unpleasant side effects. As well as cramps and vision loss, Sydenhag experienced a headache that felt like stepping into "a high voltage plant," he told the paper.
Magnus Gisslén, a professor and chief physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital infection clinic, told the Gothenburg Post he and others at the clinic administered chloroquine "like everyone else." But as of two weeks ago, Sahlgrenska University Hospital has stopped all use of chloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19.
"There were reports of suspected more serious side effects than we first thought," he told the Gothenburg Post on April 1, 2020. "We cannot rule out serious side effects, especially from the heart, and it is a hard-dosed drug. In addition, we have no strong evidence that chloroquine has an effect on COVID-19."
There are no specific drugs used to treat the novel coronavirus but many have pointed to the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as contenders.
The drugs have achieved mixed results in scientific studies. One study suggested it provides no additional benefit to patients who are already receiving care and being treated with antiviral drugs.
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yes, chloroquine is inflammatory which is exactly what you want to avoid. Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-inflammatory.
...Survival!
“Good. More for us.”
indeed ... for days the evil stream media has been gloating that supporters of President Trump are going to die because of listening to his “lies”, whereas the truth of the matter is that the ignorant, the stupid, and other Democrats are going to die when they believe the insane lies coming out of the evil stream media, which is content to help kill off their own viewers if that someone would get rid of President Trump ...
Strange this seems to be the only place having this concern.
From the opriginal article linked at the Newsweek article.
>Chloroquine is still given at the major hospitals in Stockholm.<
“Severe side effects”. Why such a thing has never happened with approved medicines used in compliance for the diseases it is labeled to treat.
Just one named patient?
‘hydroxy’.
Not to be a smarta@@.
They’re very similar but not exactly the same.
Re; Are they going to stop it for lupus and arthritis patients too?
If they suffer severe side effects, yes, they should.
One wonders how the doc with the largest lupus practice in the US (Dr. Daniel Wallace) got so lucky. He says he’s prescribed it for 42 years with zero hospitalizations necessary due to side effects. Yet a few other docs hit these major side effects in the first few days of trying it. How odd.
Orange man bad.
Orange cure bad.
bone marrow has no effect on your white blood cells or any other immunity cells. This has been proven untrue recently. it was widely believed for a very long time.
Such as cautions re anti-depressants..."may cause suicidal thoughts" etc?
There is no ethical or humane reason to not approve the drug, or at least make it an option.
Democrat scum will kill this cure if they can.
A magazine sold for one dollar is not worth a plug nickle.
This high schools sophomore reportette is purposefully conflating chloroquine with hydroxychloroquine.
Why post anything from Newsweak??
Who knew?
Boy oh boy they are really hitting this drug combo hard the media is FRANTIC that it is working!!
“chloroquine”
So they really think they can make fools out of all of us?
Hydroxychloroquine is another new form of the drug.
GD THESE EFFn LIARS!
Severe side effects are only anecdotal, please disregard.
Sold!
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