HCQ COVID Treatment Debate
Discussions center on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine for treating or preventing COVID-19, with debates over clinical trials showing no benefit, proponents citing early studies or combinations like zinc and azithromycin, and calls for more evidence.
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Would you care to provide a citation to a randomized clinical trial showing the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for covid-19, please?
Hydroxychloroquine is a good example. Lots of doctors were trying it and thought it seemed to help. Due to the interest in the drug several RCTs of it were performed and it was shown to have no effect on patient recovery or prophylaxis of covid.
You are wrong. Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine have already been proven effective.Do a google search.
Anyone with actual knowledge know the state of ACE2 inhibitor and chloroquinine efficacy?
From the articlePaper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj...Video(not in English):
Chloroquine is looking quite promising eg see the linked article here https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ffztou/expert_chlo...Even with that there seem bureaucratic type delays till it gets used. I just took some as a prophylactic which is totally unproven but as a clinical treatment it
Isn't lopinavir-ritonavir already verified it doesn't help?
Hydroxychloroquine + zinc sulfate + azithromycin given EARLY. Here is a reference stating the change:https://www.itsmac.com/2021/01/30/leading-m
Are those medicines actually advisable for covid?
I have similar thoughtsThis is not some crazy experimental new drug that was unknown until past week. It's an experimental treatment, it's not an experimental drug, with unknown side effects. For a condition where time is critical.Of course, we should also be quick to discard unpromising drugs, and not only focus on one promising drug.WHO is starting a megratrial of several drugs now <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/who-laun