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it might be that this author is rushing to confirm something that other research is already suggesting. south korea and italy are both using hydroxychloroquinin
by capkutay 7y ago
it might be that this author is rushing to confirm something that other research is already suggesting. south korea and italy are both using hydroxychloroquinine at scale and US hospitals are also starting to use it.
- lbeltrame 7y ago> italy are both using hydroxychloroquinine Do you have a link? I wonder because the "regular" media does not talk about it, and the AIFA (Italy's FDA) did not make public statements on the use of this drug.
- dmix 7y agoThe UK blocked the export of Chloroquinine on Feb 24th without much fanfair. I believe they don't want regular people rushing out to hoard the drug when they don't need it. There is already lots of talk on Twitter about shortages for people who were already using it (ie, for Lupus). In Canada it requires a prescription but plenty of countries have it over-the-counter.
- jaclaz 7y agoThere are some news about a limited trial on 15 people: https://www.fondazioneveronesi.it/magazine/articoli/lesperto-risponde/coronavirus-diversi-i-farmaci-in-sperimentazione https://www.fondazioneveronesi.it/magazine/articoli/lesperto... but of course that is old news, 13 th March.
- lbeltrame 7y agoIt mentions "Chinese patients" which means that at least generally, cloroquine is not yet used here (Italy) as an accepted/attempted therapeutic protocol (although I'm sure it was used for compassionate use). Toclizumab is a different story, since there's now a proper trial with 300 patients starting on Thursday.
- lultimouomo 7y agoGuidelines from the Italian Society of Infective Diseases Physicians indicates chloroquinine/hydroxychloroquinine as a first line treatment together with one of various antivirals. http://www.simit.org/medias/1569-covid19-vademecum-13-03-202.pdf http://www.simit.org/medias/1569-covid19-vademecum-13-03-202...
- lbeltrame 7y agoThanks a lot.