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> Other commenters are correct that large randomized trials will be more definitive. The reason they aren't doing large randomised controlled trials is because
by acallaghan 6y ago
> Other commenters are correct that large randomized trials will be more definitive.
The reason they aren't doing large randomised controlled trials is because the hydroxychloroquine itself is killing people, and it's unethical to continue.
People have said they'd rather have malaria than take it, and that should tell you something. The side-effects for hydroxychloroquine include death, which is not immediately obvious from reading HN.
Doctors aren't just making this up and ignoring evidence, the drug is bad, and not effective for covid-19
- jfnixon 6y agoI have a friend who takes it for lupus, and has taken it for years. Clearly, he hasn't died, in part because it is a prescription drug and requires a doctor's script. He understands the risks and the benefits. He has taken it for years, as I mentioned, so your "people have said" is clearly not inclusive of a large number of people. The medicine is made by several manufacturers, and if there wasn't a market, that wouldn't happen. I call shenanigans.
- acallaghan 6y agoThere's a very strict set of people that prescriptions are given to - i.e. not a routine treatment for viruses like this. There's a reason it's not licensed for viruses, and why only a tiny number of people take it, and there's a reason why wide scale trials are being cancelled. There isn't a huge anti-hydroxychloroquine conspiracy here