Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020 07:11 AM MYT
The US government funded analysis of how American military veterans fared on hydroxychloroquine was posted on a medical preprint site and has not yet been peer reviewed. Death rates for patients on hydroxychloroquine were 28 per cent, compared to 22 per cent when it was taken with the anti-biotic azithromycin — a combination favoured by French scientist Didier Raoult, whose study on the subject in March triggered a surge of global interest in the drug.
There was no added risk of being on ventilator among the hydroxychloroquine only group, leading the authors to suggest that increased mortality among this group might be attributable to side-effects outside the respiratory system.
If given for more seriously ill patients in advance stage of course the rate is higher.
Possibly due to diff strain in there vs M’sia?
That's a big lie. You are listening to WHO too much. This medicine has been widely used in Brazil very successfully. Also in US.
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