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It seems quite a few countries in Europe are moving towards hydroxichloroquine/chloroquine and away from lopinavir-ritonavir for the recommended treatment of s
by jansan 7y ago
It seems quite a few countries in Europe are moving towards hydroxichloroquine/chloroquine and away from lopinavir-ritonavir for the recommended treatment of severe cases.
- batter 7y agoIsn't lopinavir-ritonavir already verified it doesn't help?
- ComputerGuru 7y agoRead the article. Despite poor results from China, WHO feels larger testing against a wider variety of patients is warranted.
- dharmab 7y agoMostly by "global interest". Reading between the lines, I wonder if they're being pressured.
- throwaway4787 7y agoChloroquine has shown promising results but the number of cases was small and the study was flawed. Lopinavir-ritonavir has shown disappointing results but the number of cases was small and the study was flawed. If you show faith in one you've got to show faith in the other for the sake of methodological consistency.
- TheHypnotist 7y agoTop comment alludes to the stage of the disease as being important. So when we talk severity, is it severity by stage? Or overall severity? How will these drugs help when the disease has already attacked the lungs causing the large immuno response?
- rscho 7y agoOne common answer to all questions about covid: we don't know. All we have is extremely preliminary evidence, and we're acting on it in hope of luck and also just to provide people with something to cling to.