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This was "discovered" in March in the US, and then "discovered" again in April by Monash University in Australia. The Ivermectin plus Doxycycline was proposed a
by rpiguy 6y ago
This was "discovered" in March in the US, and then "discovered" again in April by Monash University in Australia. The Ivermectin plus Doxycycline was proposed almost immediately as an alternative to chloroquine.
Doctors in the West are almost completely pre-occupied with treating the severely ill, at which point chloroquine and other treatments appear to have little effect (outside of anecdotal cases).
Now that we have testing in place and available, doctors really should think about trying these treatments on the not severely ill, i.e., try to prevent the progression of the disease. Even now almost all studies of Chloroquine and Ivermectin focus on the severely ill.
I get why you don't want to give Chloroquine and Azithromycin to people early as it can cause heart problems, but Ivermectin and Doxycycline are even more widely prescribed than Chloroquine and have fewer side effects. People could be safety taking these drugs to prevent the progression of the disease, or at least start testing pre-severe treatments more aggressively.