This paragraph in the article might be significant: “ Finally, concomitant steroid use in patients receiving hydroxychloroquine was more than double the non-treated group. This is relevant considering the recent RECOVERY trial that showed a mortality benefit with dexamethasone." The steroid dexamethasone can reduce inflammation in seriously ill patients.” So maybe it’s the cortisone that is helping.
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Originally Posted by GoodLife
It must have been very painful for CNN to release this news. (maybe that's why they released it at 4:30 am this morning)
A lot of people thought this drug was killed off by previous VA study and another one that was published in The Lancet and then withdrawn because of data fraud.
Study finds hydroxychloroquine helped coronavirus patients survive better
A team at Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan said Thursday its study of 2,541 hospitalized patients found that those given hydroxychloroquine were much less likely to die.
Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious disease for Henry Ford Health System, said 26% of those not given hydroxychloroquine died, compared to 13% of those who got the drug. The team looked back at everyone treated in the hospital system since the first patient in March.
Study finds hydroxychloroquine helped coronavirus patients survive better
It's an observational study, so not the gold standard double blind clinical type that is really needed, but those are coming soon, both for treating the infected and as a prophylactic. There are some problems noted about this study as is usual with an observational type study. They also did not report any cardiac problems. |