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Originally Posted by bobbythegreat
They'd never admit it, and it would be a HIPPA violation for anyone to leak it, but I wonder how many high profile Democrats are taking the drug as well for the same reason.
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Hydroxychloroquine linked to increased risk of death in covid-19 patients, study says.
People who take the two drugs Trump touts are risking serious health complications or death, no matter their political affiliations. These drugs are not safe or effective for use in COVID 19. Nor are they any type of prophylactic against the virus.
Yet again, we have more proof that Trump's touting, of these drugs, is reckless and irresponsible. Please read and understand, folks: Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine are dangerous drugs.
Latest Study---PUBLISHED TODAY 5/22/2020--- on Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine
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A study of 96,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients on six continents found that those who received an antimalarial drug promoted by President Trump as a “game changer” in the fight against the virus had a significantly higher risk of death compared with those who did not.
People treated with hydroxychloroquine, or the closely related drug chloroquine, were also more likely to develop a type of irregular heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, that can lead to sudden cardiac death, it concluded.
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“It’s one thing not to have benefit, but this shows distinct harm,” said Eric Topol, a cardiologist and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. “If there was ever hope for this drug, this is the death of it.”
David Maron, director of preventive cardiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said that “these findings provide absolutely no reason for optimism that these drugs might be useful in the prevention or treatment of covid-19.”
Past studies also found scant or no evidence of hydroxychloroquine’s benefit in treating sick patients, while reports mounted of dangerous heart problems associated with its use. As a result, the Food and Drug Administration last month warned against the use of the drug outside hospital settings or clinical trials.
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New study reported in Lancet says
Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...navirus-study/
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