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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDerek Lowe has a list of HCQ trial results on his blog
Lowes Blog:
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/
In his Chloroquine Update for April 6, he describes several trials that all have one of two common results: chloroquine therapy gives no advantage over the control group, or chloroquine therapy makes things worse.
Hes got one trial up where the control group was using Traditional Chinese Medicine, and even the roots and berries used in that protocol did better than chloroquine.
Id almost be willing to say the folk-medicine remedies Granny Clampett made on The Beverly Hillbillies would have worked better than chloroquine, but skunkwort and retchweed are in short supply.
Frustratedlady
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(33,512 posts)crickets
(25,962 posts)There's bunches of science-y info (in layperson language) that boils down to saying that hydroxychloroquine is not all that suited for covid19 patients, with pretty straightforward reasons as to why it's a bad idea.
The best part though is where he addresses the people criticizing him for not offering up enough hope:
Straight talk with no time for BS, good for him.