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> The point here is the safety of it Yes, which is why all of the studies keep saying that it's too dangerous to use as treatment for covid-19.
by DanBC 6y ago
> The point here is the safety of it
Yes, which is why all of the studies keep saying that it's too dangerous to use as treatment for covid-19.
- lbeltrame 6y agoToo dangerous (or even ineffective) to use it with patients with severe COVID-19. Whether it may be the same or not in a prophylaxis regime or for outpatient use (mild to moderate that does not require hospitalization) is yet unknown at this point (most papers that I've read are on hospitalized patients). It may be too toxic, it may not cause a noticeable effect, but currently it is a big question mark.
- DanBC 6y agoYou'd take the risk for people with severe Covid-19 because it might[1] save their life. You can't justify taking that risk in other people because they're probably not going to be killed by covid-19. Balancing harm from medication against not much harm from covid comes out against the meds. [1] Except now we know (and we always thought this) that it won't save their life; it'll increase their risk of death.