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Originally Posted by blueash

I am not saying that HCQ with or without other therapeutics is of benefit or not. I am just reporting every study I can find.

This is from France. They looked back at the records from 4 hospitals of all patients who were ill enough to be admitted and required oxygen help, but not ICU ill at the time of admission. Then they analyzed the hospital course comparing those who did vs did not get HCQ. The patients were not randomized but the authors used the records to check whether the treated vs the untreated patients differed on admission in several ways.

Interestingly "All comorbidities were less frequent in the HCQ group." This would mean that the likelihood of progressing to severe illness would theoretically be higher in the NOT treated group as they had more comorbidities. The differences were trends, not significantly different.

84 patients received HCQ, 97 did not receive HCQ.


None of these are significant differences. See the article for full statistical analysis.

This study showed no benefit on any of the measures examined. This is limited to patients admitted with an oxygen requirement but not ICU ill on admission.

You can read the details HERE. Note this is pre-publication and not yet peer reviewed.

This is from The Hill
"The CIA advised employees that taking an anti-malarial drug that has been touted by President Trump and others as a potential treatment for coronavirus could have potentially dangerous side effects, including death, The Washington Post reported.

The warning was reportedly published on a website for CIA staff with questions related to the coronavirus pandemic late last month.

“At this point, the drug is not recommended to be used by patients except by medical professionals prescribing it as part of ongoing investigational studies. There are potentially significant side effects, including sudden cardiac death, associated with hydroxychloroquine and its individual use in patients need to be carefully selected and monitored by a health care professional,” read a response to an employee who asked whether they should take the drug without a prescription, according to the Post."