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> After randomization, subjects take hydroxychloroquine 400mg per day for 5 days, also take conventional treatments. Huh. I'm on 200mg/day for rheumatoid arthr
by mirimir 7y ago
> After randomization, subjects take hydroxychloroquine 400mg per day for 5 days, also take conventional treatments.
Huh. I'm on 200mg/day for rheumatoid arthritis.
I wonder if I ought to double dose for a while.
- Amygaz 7y agoSorry for the late reply: I don't see how it would prevent infection. It could be useful post-infection, to prevent complications and inflammation. Compared that with the standard of care right now which is simply observing the patient during their recovering. There are a fair amount of studies who took the initial in vitro results (i.e. cell culture) suggesting non-specific antiviral activity (at that level coca-cola is also an antiviral, antimicrobial, and antitumoral, by the way), into animal or human, and they just did not pan out, because it isn't an antiviral.
- mirimir 7y agoThank you. I'll ask my rheumatologist about increasing the dose. In case I get infected, have trouble breathing, and can't get hospital care.