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It may not work as a prophylactic (preventative measure) and in fact, as an immunosuppressant, may actually make things worse. For example, it enhances influen
by pbreit 7y ago
It may not work as a prophylactic (preventative measure) and in fact, as an immunosuppressant, may actually make things worse.
For example, it enhances influenza: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25715935 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25715935
- zwily 7y agoSomeone else in this thread said that chloroquine experiments started because Chinese doctors noticed that none of the covid-19 patients had lupus (and basically everyone there with lupus takes chloroquine). If that's true, maybe it could be prophylactic. /IANAD