World wide survey of 6000 doctors...Hydroxychloroquine rated 'most effective therapy' (generation, arsenal)
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Hydroxychloroquine rated 'most effective therapy' by doctors for coronavirus: Global survey
"An international poll of more than 6,000 doctors released Thursday found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was the most highly rated treatment for the novel coronavirus.
The survey conducted by Sermo, a global health care polling company, of 6,227 physicians in 30 countries found that 37% of those treating COVID-19 patients rated hydroxychloroquine as the “most effective therapy” from a list of 15 options.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave chloroquine and its next-generation derivative, hydroxychloroquine, emergency-use authorization Monday for treating the novel coronavirus, although the drug was already being used off-label by some doctors and hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
Azithromycin, known by the brand name Zithromax or Z-Pak, was rated the second-most effective therapy at 32%
Hydroxychloroquine, which is sold under the brand name Plaquenil, was prescribed mainly in the United States for the most severe cases, but not so in other countries."
Why were democrats trying to block this treatment just a week ago?
Where's your evidence of this? Some statement by some random Democrat?
The concerns I've seen have been about hoarding of the drug, known lethal side effects, and the fact that some patients are already using it for other treatments. There are also studies that say it's not quite as effective as thought. I don't think it'll prove to be a panacea, but if it can help some patients that's a major positive. Hopefully some of the other drugs will pan out, so Doctors will have more bullets in their arsenal.
As I said at the beginning of all of this, many doctors have been taking and using Hydroxychloroquine for a month before Trump even knew the name of the drug. Doctor chat rooms from all over the world were talking about anecdotal success with the drug since late January. We were not relying on a tiny study out of France. The laboratory science behind it is sound, as it was for past RNA viruses dating back 20 years. Will every person that gets it recover? No. Will every patient that doesn’t get it die? No.
Something that some people on the right don’t understand, Dr. Fauci said the absolute responsible thing for a man in his position.
Something some people on the left dont understand, Trumps optimism about the drug was not a stab in the dark.
Why is this a political issue? I can't stand Republicans
You should ask the Democrats who banned using the drug just to spite Trump. Why is it a political issue to them?
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