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Hydroxychloroquine with Azithromycin increase risk of cardiovascular mortality
- morninglight 7y agoMillions of Americans have taken these antimalarial drugs at the direction of the US government for at least 80 years. If you served in Vietnam, you know what I'm talking about. If you were in the Peace Corps in sub-saharan Africa, you know what I'm talking about. And on and on, ad nauseam. But suddenly this relatively innocuous drug has grave and ominous overtones? Something is clearly out of order. Why weren't people warned about this long ago? Is the federal government now responsible for the coronary ailments of unknown numbers of citizens? There is little, if any, evidence that the combination with Azithromycin is being highlighted as the culprit. So what is going on here? Me thinks the current mixture of politics and medicine make everybody sick.
- Khelavaster 7y agoA 20% increased risk of heart attacks for 5 days of treatment for covid really isn't a big deal compared to being sick with covid, unless the patient already has heart issues. For covid patients with heart conditions, doxycycline may be a decent alternative to azithromycin.