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Originally Posted by toeser
I have read of multiple doctors (From France and the U.S.) claiming success with their treatment using hydroxychloroquine, but always in combination with other drugs. Zinc has been mentioned more than once as a combination treatment.
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There have been claims that HCQ by itself is a miracle cure and thus does not need any other drug to work. There are those that say it is useless without zinc including a doctor whose proof of necessity was posted on TOTV
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Dr. Anthony Cardillo said he has seen very promising results when prescribing hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc for the most severely-ill COVID-19 patients.
"Every patient I've prescribed it to has been very, very ill and within 8 to 12 hours, they were basically symptom-free," Cardillo told Eyewitness News. "So clinically I am seeing a resolution." He said he has found it only works if combined with zinc.
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This is completely contrary to what other users claim is needed. This is the kind of claim made for snake oil, not medicines. If he said that zinc may help in some cases, ok. But to say that HCQ with zinc has made very very ill patients symptom free in 12 hours is so contrary to your common sense that such snake oil salesmen shouldn't be on the news or be spouting uncorrected nonsense. You don't need a background in medicine to know what he said cannot be true or we wouldn't have any more very very ill patients as every doctor would be doing this alleged miracle treatment.
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link provided in Goodlife's posting to the eyewitness news story does not have the 8 to 12 hour claim nor the only works with zinc claim and is full of advisories about how he has only given it to 5 patients in his practice and the other 90 all got better without treatment. Also that it should only be used on hospital level illness and is anecdotal and "first do no harm." There is no indication the article was edited on the website.