Yale epidemiologist says hydroxychloroquine is 'the key to defeating COVID-19'
Posted by freedomforall 3 years, 8 months ago to Science
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Risch says the drug is most effective "when given very early in the course of illness, before the virus has had time to multiply beyond control."
Though according to Risch the benefits of the drug are clear, he nevertheless concedes that the subject "has become highly politicized."
"For many, it is viewed as a marker of political identity, on both sides of the political spectrum," he said. "Nobody needs me to remind them that this is not how medicine should proceed."
He also argues that "the drug has not been used properly in many studies," and that delays in administering the drug have reduced its effectiveness.
"In the future," Risch says in the column, "I believe this misbegotten episode regarding hydroxychloroquine will be studied by sociologists of medicine as a classic example of how extra-scientific factors overrode clear-cut medical evidence."
"But for now," he adds, "reality demands a clear, scientific eye on the evidence and where it points."
Risch says the drug is most effective "when given very early in the course of illness, before the virus has had time to multiply beyond control."
Though according to Risch the benefits of the drug are clear, he nevertheless concedes that the subject "has become highly politicized."
"For many, it is viewed as a marker of political identity, on both sides of the political spectrum," he said. "Nobody needs me to remind them that this is not how medicine should proceed."
He also argues that "the drug has not been used properly in many studies," and that delays in administering the drug have reduced its effectiveness.
"In the future," Risch says in the column, "I believe this misbegotten episode regarding hydroxychloroquine will be studied by sociologists of medicine as a classic example of how extra-scientific factors overrode clear-cut medical evidence."
"But for now," he adds, "reality demands a clear, scientific eye on the evidence and where it points."
Covid-19 is a variation of SARS. He has to know this.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16115...
Also-
https://omnij.org/Gilead:_Twenty-one_billion_reasons_to_discredit_hydroxychloroquine(ORIGINAL_ARTICLE)
There is an underscore between org/ and Gilead, site will not accept!
Now primarily a marketing machine to sell drugs of dubious benefit, this industry uses its wealth and power to co-opt every institution that might stand in its way, including the U.S. Congress, the Food and Drug Administration, academic medical centers, and the medical profession itself
and
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/2...
Two very topical pics. The second showing gross hypocrisy is hilarious.
I think the problem with the link is the colon : causes a problem with the Gulch website displaying the link address.
- Trump is right
- Trump can't be right
Not entirely different than people here arguing about Trump. He isn't an Objectivist, but he is better than the (single not continuum) alternative.
"We know that every single good study - and by good study I mean randomised control study in which the data are firm and believable - has shown that hydroxychloroquine is not effective in the treatment of Covid-19," he said.
Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned against using the drug to treat coronavirus patients, following reports of "serious heart rhythm problems" and other health issues.”
Hmmmmm....
At doses used- No arrhythmogenic deaths, 7 patients discontinued out of the 2,019 for QT prolongation.
If I read it right, a minor issue at most.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11...
There is another study, I have lost the ref. that says the same thing.
I have not come across reports of "serious heart rhythm problems".
This is a drug used for ~ 60 years!
Now the FDA says HCQ can help fight COVID.
I wouldn't trust either of them.
Sorry to hear about the effect on other patients. I have seen it first hand, too. Millions are being negatively affected by the stupid policies thanks to the inaccurate advice of so-called government experts.
"it might fight covid" It does.
Despite the upper case used, that "clear prevailing and growing scientific evidence" does not exist, studies that claim HCQ does not work are fraudulent, the recent retracted Lancet paper is just one example.
The claim of virus sufferers- no alternative, unpleasant death, Lupus and athritis suffers have debilitating effects and pain. How to choose?
Politicians are indeed playing doctor. That is the problem.
The solution is get government out of it, it should be sold over-the-counter with no prescription, no price control, the price will go up, and that is as it should be to bring more onto the market.
https://aapsonline.org/hcqsuit/