The hydroxychloroquine, (a more recent derivative of chloroquine),
is a risk/side affect for heart arrhythmia, but a
very minor one.
Typically the media has way overstated with the screaming headlines about the risk. There is a reason this drug has been used routinely and successfully for six decades.
Terrific that MDs are considering all possible treatments.
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Originally Posted by anononcty
The much touted azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine cocktail seems to work but many are worried about the risks to heart. So a doctor substituted a different antibiotic doxycycline which is easier on heart with an 81% success rate. They're are issues including it never has gone through official studies but it even helped an 87 year old woman. And he's been treating elderly patients in nursing homes, not a hospital or icu.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/long-i...d-19-patients/ |
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