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Why did you ask for a source while simultaneously making claims without sources? The drug is being falsely pushed by the deranged leader of the United States, I

by voxl 7y ago

Why did you ask for a source while simultaneously making claims without sources? The drug is being falsely pushed by the deranged leader of the United States, I would be much more suspicious of you then of anyone claiming to be wary of it. Especially after Dr. Fauci himself told everyone on national television to not get there hopes up about it.

lazyjones 7y ago
HCQ is already widely used against COVID-19 around the world.
- wyxuan 7y ago
  And yet deaths still keep going up. Usage is not a metric for effectiveness.
  - lazyjones 7y ago
    It's a treatment, not a cure. Deaths go up because more people are getting infected.
honksillet 7y ago
Please leave politics out of this. The OP was making very specific claims and I asked for the sources, which he provided. I thought it was common knowledge that HCQ is most often prescribed for chronic conditions (but I could be wrong about that). It is fair to ask for a source though so here is a source. https://reference.medscape.com/drug/plaquenil-hydroxychloroquine-sulfate-343205 https://reference.medscape.com/drug/plaquenil-hydroxychloroq... Note that for treatment of, say, Rheumatoid Arthritis the treatment duration is indefinite. The suggested dose for off label use of HCQ with covid is a single dose of 800mg, then 4 to 7 days of 400 mg. (That is from the Epocrates app on my phone so I don't have a link to share.)
- giardini 7y ago
  honksillet says>"The suggested dose for off label use of HCQ with covid is a single dose of 800mg, then 4 to 7 days of 400 mg. "< 800 MG HCQ seems high. Dr. Zev Zelenko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulqf5NXhms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulqf5NXhms) suggested a regimen for covid-19 with only half that dosage: - 200mg 2x daily Hydroxychloroquine, - 500mg 1x daily Azithromycin, - 220mg 1x daily Zinc sulfate.
  - IAmEveryone 7y ago
    This is dangerous. Don't take advice from Youtube celebrity doctors.

by voxl 7y ago

lazyjones 7y ago

HCQ is already widely used against COVID-19 around the world.

wyxuan 7y ago
And yet deaths still keep going up. Usage is not a metric for effectiveness.
- lazyjones 7y ago
  It's a treatment, not a cure. Deaths go up because more people are getting infected.

honksillet 7y ago

Please leave politics out of this. The OP was making very specific claims and I asked for the sources, which he provided. I thought it was common knowledge that HCQ is most often prescribed for chronic conditions (but I could be wrong about that). It is fair to ask for a source though so here is a source. https://reference.medscape.com/drug/plaquenil-hydroxychloroquine-sulfate-343205 https://reference.medscape.com/drug/plaquenil-hydroxychloroq... Note that for treatment of, say, Rheumatoid Arthritis the treatment duration is indefinite. The suggested dose for off label use of HCQ with covid is a single dose of 800mg, then 4 to 7 days of 400 mg. (That is from the Epocrates app on my phone so I don't have a link to share.)

giardini 7y ago
honksillet says>"The suggested dose for off label use of HCQ with covid is a single dose of 800mg, then 4 to 7 days of 400 mg. "< 800 MG HCQ seems high. Dr. Zev Zelenko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulqf5NXhms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulqf5NXhms) suggested a regimen for covid-19 with only half that dosage: - 200mg 2x daily Hydroxychloroquine, - 500mg 1x daily Azithromycin, - 220mg 1x daily Zinc sulfate.
- IAmEveryone 7y ago
  This is dangerous. Don't take advice from Youtube celebrity doctors.